At a very young age my mom was divorced with 3 children. That was during the days when there was no government help for divorced women. My mother survived by taking in ironing and sewing for one of the better to do ladies in our town. She used to take apart worn cloths and remake them into a small size for the ladies kids. Now the kids she sewed for are in their 70 and 80 and married into families with a lot of money. I sometimes wonder if they remember wearing cloths my mother made for them. I have a quilt that Mom made out of wool scraps and I am sure she got the pieces from sewing for others. My mother was a perfectionist in her sewing and taught me more than I ever learned in school about sewing. How greatful I am for a mother who would teach me but how sorry I am that I didn't start quilting while Mom was here and could enjoy it with me.