I started sewing in about Jr. high school. I had pieced some quilt squares made from scraps from my dresses my mother had made when I was in elementary school. My grandmother was a quilter and I always watched her and had gone with her to quilting bees at the little country church she attended in southern Indiana. I always had those squares in my belongings as I grew up, married, had children, continued to sew over the years. After finally retiring, I knew I wanted to quilt. I used part of my retirement fund to purchase a better machine for quilting. It has been several years now and I love quilting and especially love hand quilting. Unfortunately, neither of my daughters have inherited this love but they will always have the quilts I make for them..