My Mom always told me I have "vision" and a good memory. If I go into a fabric shop I can look at a fabric and see what project it will work in. I can also remember a vision of a quilt that I saw at some time in the past and recreate it.
One of my maternal Gmas made many quilts every year. She always had a quilt show for me when we went to visit during spring break. I have fond memories of arriving at their house and going to the spare room to see all of the quilts she stored between the box springs and mattress. I can still see her whipping off the twin sheet stored between the quilts to expose the next one. She passed away in 1975. In 2006 I recreated one of the quilts that I remember seeing when I was probably 12 years old. Each block had a 9 patch in the center and what I called logs around it with pieced cornerstones in each round. The centers were 6 inch but the blocks were 12 inches each.