My grandfather taught me how to sew. He had a treadle machine and I would sit under it working the foot platform. From that it went to hand sewing doll clothes, buttons, etc. I then took 2 years of sewing in high school and was making wonderful clothes. Kept sewing for years. Then I gained weight and everything I made, made me feel like Todie Fields! A friend belonged to a quilt guild and suggested I join. That was the beginning of my quilting. It doesn't need to fit anything but a wall or a bed and so far they are all turning out very well.