My mom has been inspiration. She put my sister and I each on a sewing machine when we entered junior high school and told us we would be making our own clothes from there on. I loved it (not sure my sister did). But as the years, three kids, full time work etc went by I sewed less and less. One day, in the mid 80's she "coerced" me into taking a quilting class with her at the LQS, and I was hooked from day one. It was totally uphill from there for me. Also, my DH is very supportive.