My Mom used to make clothes for my older brothers when they were small - before and during the Depression. I think I was about 6 when she got me a potholder kit to embroider and I was off and running. Mom said that I made tiny stitches just like her grandmother - a high complement. I used to make aprons without a pattern and even did cross stich on gingham aprons for our church bazaar. Took home ec in high school, learned to make my own clothes and continued sewing and making my own clothes for years and years. I took a couple detours, knitting, crocheting, ceramics, then quilting and I haven't stopped. Even my sister said that quilting was the one thing I did consistently and did it well. I bought Georgia Bonesteel's Spinning Spools, where you got a pattern with plastic templates and two binders to put them in. I was basically a self-taught quilter and have only taken a few classes, but the more I do, the more I continue to love it. I don't hand quilt, but I do love to machine quilt.