It is fun to read how different ones got started quilting. I have loved sewing every since I started in 4-H as a kid. I didn't consider myself a quilter until after I retired, but when I look back, I have quilted small objects for years and years--I just didn't consider pillow tops as "quilts" --I probably made enough cathedral window pillows to have made a quilt top! My mother-in-law was a wonderful quilter and for many years I bought her fabrics as birthday/Christmas/etc. gifts. When she died, I inherited all her quilting supplies. They included a lot of quilt blocks and I started "real" quilting by learning how to put those together. Wasn't long before I was making my own blocks. I can't imagine ever getting tired of putting together a new top. I find I am leaning towards lapsize/baby quilts because I can try a new pattern more often that way. They are easy give away, too.