I started making tied quilts when I was 10-11 years old the first one was a crazy quilt to use up scraps my mother had been saving (if it was over an inch square she saved it). these were fun and functional my first pieced quilt was "Stairway to Paris". I am now 67 so that was awhile ago now I do pieced blocks and hand quilt. Nothing special but it keeps me off the streets as they say.