I don't know how long I've been quilting. Learned to HQ at 16 by helping my Aunt and her quilting buddies. Over the past 5 years I started to actually make quilts and quilt them. I've made one (grandmothers flower garden) all handpieced and HQ'd (took me one year to complete). I've made 4 childrens quilts, but only one HQ'd. This year I've made a commitment to get more serious with quilting since the 2 grandson's are now in preschool and I have time. Working on one now that was an UFO, and I have 2 more UFO's to HQ. My first log cabin ( made 13 years ago) and a quilt top my Aunt gave me that she never got to do. Now retired and GK's older I'm looking forward to doing more.