When I was pregnant with my first DD 22 years ago, I was into making pillows with candlewicked tops. I bought cheap muslin, cut it into squares and then traced patterns onto them. DH and I would sit at night and candlewick the designs onto the muslin. My Mom sewed the pieces together with pink fabric and tied it for me.
My second quilt was a piece of fabric from Walmart that was meant to be cut into sqares for pillows. It was dark blue with carousel horses on it. My Mom and I started hand-quilting around the horses and she finished it up. It now belongs to my youngest DD who is 14.
Both of these quilts are very special as my precious Mom is no longer with us.
Fast forward to today. I sewed ever since jr. high, making clothes and things for my home. I started making rag quilts and finally decided to make "real quilts" for my two grandbabies.