When I was younger, I used to sew some of my clothes, I love sewing!!! Then later I was given some material samples and wondered what I was going to do with it... I sew some pictures of quilts, living in Switzerland at the time, it wasn't really something that was "in" in those years, for them it was some "american ideas"....
so I decided I would try it out, of course without a pattern - where would I have found one....??? - just doing squares and triangles and making some little blankets to put on the floor for babies to lay or sit on. The wadding was just old blankets...
Then when I moved to Australia, I noticed a patchwork/quilting class not too far from where I live and joined and since then I just about LOVE making patchwork things for friends and family and for charity. It gives me peace - in this crazy world... - and fills my time with coordinating fabric, colors, patterns, etc... My housework has been suffering a bit since....but who cares!!!