My first ever attempt - I actually hand sewed a king-size quilt top in Grandma's Flower Garden pattern - it had over 4,000 pieces!! This was around 1990. Then my (former) MIL quilted it for me in 1991. I had absolutley no experience with quilting when i did it. Then I never did another quilt until my sister and I started getting together once a year for a "sewing" weekend. We started that around 2000-01...We both did memory quilt,complete with photos. I was very happy with it. Funny about this thread - this was actually going to be the topic of my blog this evening!! Check it out, as I will be posting photos of these 2 items mentioned.