My Grandma started my brother and me out with a square cut out of a grocery bag and a table full of scraps, we would cut squares for quilts she taught us how to get them most sqs out of each piece no waste, then she let me cut out clothes patterns telling me what all the symbols meant then just before first grade we pieced together a very easy quilt from all those scraps we cut up and it was 13ys before the back was put on that quilt still have is 30 later, loved to sew mom would teach me things have sewed clothes for friends and love to make ties for hubby (he loves to pick out fabric for them) now I am quilting again and being more adventurous with patterns and colors. Love it all, sewing, cross stitch, crochet, wood work, etc.