I was born and raised in Puerto Rico and never saw a quilt in person until I came to NY. The funny thing is that my mother must have seen them (on TV or pictures). She didn't have any one to teach her how to do it, and I remember her trying to make something that resembled a quilt. She would sew pieces of fabric together from clothing leftovers and she didn't know that quilts a re layered, therefore her quilts didn't look very pretty upfront. Her seams were exposed on the back and of course, there was no batting. She didn't know about it and we didn't have where to buy it. There were no corners matching, no color values, and no 1/4 inch seams. She invented her own thing and from a distance it looked very nice.
Maria