I knew how to sew but had never made a quilt top, even though I come from generations of quilters. My niece was pregnant and her child would be the first child not to receive a handmade quilt from the "Gray" side of the family, as my mother's health would not permit her to make one. My cousin guilted me into sewing it, she cut all the squares and stayed right with me to sew the top. My mother was able to teach my daughter how to hand quilt it, so three generations had a hand in it. When my niece opened the quilt and saw the label, no one could believe I had sewn it since I was not known as being domesticated. I immediately joined the local guild and mostly make comfort quilts for cancer patients. In 7 years I've made almost 200 quilts.