My mom taught me to sew clothing and I did that on and off until quilting came into my life. My BFF's new mother-in-law was a quilter but the only thing she made was Cathedral Windows all by hand. She taught my BFF how to do it and one Christmas I got a CW wall hanging. I blew me away that my friend that never sewed had made this. Her MIL gave me a bunch of old quilting magazines and, I swear, I wanted to make every quilt I saw. (Nothing much has changed.) So the next Christmas I told my DH to get me quilting supplies and I gave him quite a list including a "The Complete Quilt" book so that I could learn from this book and I did. My first quilt was a king size rail fence in 1988. And the beat goes on.