The women in my family knitted and crocheted. I wanted something more and something no one else in the family did. Saw a quilt on the cover of a ladies magazine and tucked it away if and when I could find out how to quilt. Not long after that, there was adult enrichment classes held at the local school. I went to the quilting class and my Mom came along. I was bitten hard immediately by the quilt bug, but not my mom. She made a couple of pillow tops but couldn't really get into it. My first quilt was the trip around the world in red, white and blue like the magazine I saved, minus the use of velvet.