I was taught by my mom, she made quilts for us while we were growing up, then did quilting for other people, hand quilting for $25 a quilt...I just took to it naturally, but really didn't get to going till '93, when we moved my mom down close to my sister and I...I was with her almost every day, and she was always piecing on a quilt top...then she passed away in 2004 at the age of 93....I was retired by then, so I started collecting my stash and the rest is History...