When I was a kid, we had an elderly lady living next door to us. I used to go over and visit. We'd have tea and she taught me to embroider. Sadly, though, when she passed, I had nothing tangible to remember her by. I quilt because working with needle and thread is the only way I will ever approach anything artistic and because, when I am no longer here on Earth, my loved ones will have something tangible to wrap themselves in and feel me nearby.