My mother made all my clothes when I was growing up. When she made me a pink corduroy coat I called a halt to her sewing for me. (It was not in style then or since to my knowledge, but I'll never forget it. --- That, nor the zipper dress, not the fruit fabric dress....and more. )
Anyway. when I was 10 she decided to make a quilt. She used 4" squares cut from all the clothes she had made over the years. The one side was made in wools, tweeds and heavy warm fabric. The other side was the cottons and other spring summer fabrics. I remember kneeling on the floor putting it all together. She tied quilted it.
It was the only quilt she ever made. I still have it. I is real heavy, and queen size.
My daughter started quilting while in high school. I tried but failed during that time and said I could never learn to quilt.
Then..... I started working in the fabric department at Walmart with a co worker who quilts.
The rest as they say is history - my history. I've been quilting only since August '09 and am so hooked!