My first quilt was born out of a shirt that I was making hubby. The shirt went horribly wrong even though I have used the pattern many times before with no problem and I could not bear to waste the fabric so I had a brainwave in the middle of the night which grew and grew into a queen size bed quilt. Never having made a quilt before or even had the internet to help me I just "did it" and possibly made every mistake there was to make but we still use that quilt and it keeps us warm.