My grandmother had several quilts that her mother made for her but my grandmother never quilted any herself. These were made of men's old wool suits and had flannel backing. They were dark and not pretty by any means, but were heavy and very warm. I would give my eye teeth to have even one of them now but my family never valued anything like that and they are gone forever.
When I was a child a next door neighbour hand quilted the most beautiful quilts, lots of pretty colours, lots of different designs. Wish I had had the foresight to ask her to teach me as I am sure she would have.