when i was three, aunt betty, my neighbor had a can of antique buttons ( iwish i had them now), and i wanted them, she said if i sewed them onto fabric, i could keep them, hen i started sewing her scraps tog, she showed me how to pillowcase a quilt. i didn't know i was quilting, i guess i was self taught, at 7 was sewing my own cloths anbd putting blocks tog.