I had a great aunt who passed away when I was about 13. I can remember the family gathering to clean out her place when she passed away. They came across a pile of quilts she and my grandmother had made and I thought they were the most marvelous things that I had ever seen. My mother didn't sew and we didn't grow up around this aunt so I knew nothing about quilting. I can remember mother being encouraged to take some of them as keepsakes and making the remark "If I can't throw it in the washer and dryer I don't want it." Needless to say no one asked me if I would like to have some of them or they would still be with me.
When I became pregnant with my first child I was determined to make a baby quilt for my baby. It was a simple scrappy quilt in pastel neutral baby colors that I hand tied together. I didn't have any idea how to make a quilt but did it anyway. That was almost 40 years ago. I have been teaching myself since and enjoy the journey every day.
Ann in TN