My mother use to make the warmest quilts for our beds and give all of her grandchildren one or two also. She would make them out of bonded knit and tie them. She taught me how to make a 9 patch when I was around 16. I don't know if my grandma taught her. Anyway, I do them very different now, but I give my mom all of the credit for getting me interested. She lived to be almost 92, and I still have one of her quilts. It is put away to cherish.