My mom and my sister taught me to sew. My mom taught me the basics and my sister took it from there. I was in a hurry in high school and was making some jeans to wear for the night, and when I was done, I held them up, and...oh no!, I ended up with one big leg. I started crying after all the work I had done, and my sister told me to go get ready and she fixed my jeans. When I was ready, I had a real pair of jeans...two legs and all. My sister then taught me how to sew all other garments and finally in 1992 taught me to quilt and took me to my first quilting retreat. I then started quilting and going to retreats with her. She died in 2003 from cancer. She found out she had it on August 4th and died November 16th...very aggressive! I inherited most of her quilting items except some of her blocks went to her kids. Now I quilt all the time, thanks to her.