I have been sewing all of my life - now in my early 60's - but only started quilting about 10 years ago. It all started when hubby decided that he was going to lose weight and I said that I would make him a shirt using an hawaiian print.
He lost the weight and I made the shirt - but this shirt did not turn out well. I have used the pattern before with no problem. It hung around for many weeks on a door while I tried to fix it but to no avail. So I had one of those light bulb moments in the middle of the night and decided to cut up the fabric into 42 little shirts and make a quilt out of it as I hate fabric waste.
I had never made a quilt before and just "did it". Since then I have been hooked and learnt sooooo much - especially from this Board.
It is interesting reading everyone story.