My husband's family had all of the quilts, not mine. No one in my family sewed much of anything until I came along & took it up in Jr High. I always marveled at the quilts my then-boyfriend, now-husband's grandmother would make & give to her grandkids. One Christmas before we were even engaged she surprised me & gave one to me! I'll never forget when she told me that I was the first "outsider" ever to get one! We have been married almost 30 years now & she is no longer of this world, but my husband & I & my kids each have one of her quilts.