My mom was a quilter, when we were kids, but she doesn't see it that way. She claims that all her quilts were utilitarian, and thus, she's not a quilter. But the quilts she made for us were amazing. When we were small, she made a Nursery Rhyme quilt with many of our favorite nursery rhymes depicted in colorful squares appliquéd from coloring books or story books using double knit. Jack and Jill, Pat-a- cake. Jack be Nimble... Probably 15 in total to fit my bunk bed.
When my brother moved to a full sized bed when he was 8 or 9, she made a similar quilt for him, but using a farm theme. Tractors, barns, Angus cows, Hampshire hogs, Chickens, dogs, cats.. I can't recall all of them. His boys both slept under this quilt at some point. I hope it still survives.
As our family grew, and 3 girls needed to share a room, my mom took a pattern for a sunbonnet lady holding a parasol from a quilt her mother had made, and made 3 quilts for us 3 girls. Each had sashing and borders in our respective color, and the dresses and parasols were made from different scrap materials from dresses or other clothing she had made over the years. Christmas dresses, Easter dresses, her square dance dresses, even some clothing from our grandma. Even 30+ years later, it is fun to look at the quilts and recall the clothing each dress came from.
My paternal grandmother made crazy quilts from heavy wool clothing with fancy stitching between and satiny backing. At least one quilter is farther up the line on that side, as a very old quilt was found in the linen closet when they were clearing out the house. Unfortunately, no one was interested in it , and it was sold at auction. Such a shame!