A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I made a couple wall hangings and pillow covers. Then my daughter wanted a quilt, she picked the pattern, colors, fabric, everything. To this day that is the only bed sized quilt I have hand quilted - too many years as a secretary and carpal tunnel won out, so took a class in machine quilting. The rest, as they say, is history. My Mom quilted, although none of her quilts survived 7 kids, 5 of which were boys, although there were other quilters in the extended family. I've sewn since I was 7 years old, although I didn't learn how to read a pattern until high school, and after trying fabric painting, oil painting, every imaginable craft there was, crocheting, knitting and ceramics, quilting was the only craft that really stuck to me. Now I make family reunion quilts every 2 years, picking a color and family members sending fabric, so I shall live on with my quilts, which my family loves.