My grandmother tought me to sew when I was 18 (1981) and I was making all my clothes for a long time. Life got on the way and I stopped. In 2000 I was cross stitching at work in my lunch break and this Dr. approached me. I knew she quilted, but I didn't know if I wanted to learn or where to go to learn. She asked me if I could finish a cross stitch for her. I told my daughter, and she said: Mom do it and ask her to teach me to quilt (my dauhter was 13 at the time)as payment. I did and she agreed. We spent Memorial day at her house and the next weekend at mine. She didn't have to give us another class. We started getting books, joined a guild, took classes, and now have a home based bussiness quilting. My daughter is in college, but when she is home she helps, and she only gives quilted gifts to her friends. Of course, Mom quilts then after she pieced them.Even learning to quilt was a negotiation for me.
Maria