My grandmother taught me to sew - she did all the sewing for our family as my mom couldn't operate any kind of machine...literally...not a single machine! She did do handwork, however, so I'd sew, Mom would do the hems and other handwork and my sister did the dishes. Worked for me! But I digress. Later in life - about 20 years ago - I decided that I wasn't interested in sewing garments any more but wanted to sew, so that left quilting - Grandma also did quilting, I just had never gotten into it....now I do it all the time and love it. Rarely use a pattern more than once - or if I do, I find a way to change it. I do a lot of "what iffing". Love making freehand quilts...quilts with no pattern.