The first time I (remember) attempted a quilt.....I probably broke every rule of the 'quilt police' and good quilters everywhere!! I don't even remember having a pattern, and I was proud of it! Wish now that I had taken a picture. Be sure to do that, no matter what! I never thought of that for years, so I have no record of mine or my Mother's beautiful creations in sewing and quilting! You might say that I am self-taught in sewing and quilting. No expert, just for fun. I like a statement I read before.....rules have exceptions! Even some of the instructors have controversial methods.