Both my grandmothers sewed and quilted. I didn't know my grandmothers, but my mother told me that her mother cut out clothing patterns from newspapers. And she made, what we call string quilts now, as utility quilts and they were pieced on squares of newspaper. My dad's mother also quilted and I have one of her quilts. My mother didn't quilt, but she did sew when I was little. I taught both our sons how to mend clothing. One son mends the clothes for him and his wife, the other son doesn't. All four grandchildren have liked to sew with me at some time, but only one granddaughter has a sewing machine at the moment.