I love to learn how to do stuff. I've learned soap-making (I have very dry skin and was looking for a soap that wouldn't dry it out and heard cold processed soap was great) , chain mail, embroidery, tole painting, oil painting, crochet, etc... I've always loved fabric. I'd buy some and had no idea what to do with it, I just loved handling it. So this summer, I figured it was time to learn to sew. Well, after a bunch of skirts and shirts and such, what to do? I was going to be overrun with clothing in no time. So I thought quilting would channel my sewing into something creative and useful. Plus it makes me feel closer to my grandmother who has passed away. She was a quilter.