I started sewing when I was a child. I made clothes for years. I got married switched careers and went from wearing a uniform to having to have office type clothes. It was the 80's, suits were in, we were broke. I started making things to wear to work. I did a lot of tailoring. Then we started our own business. No more suits. I had joined an American Sewing Guild neighborhood group and was introduced to wearable art. I took some classes and realized how much piecing could transfer to wearable art. Eventually, I made the leap and made a quilt. Or 2. Now I do wearable art and quilts both.