My story is not as interesting. I have sewed since I was about 10 or 12. I used to make my own clothing and then I made a lot of my children's clothing and even made hubby's shirts. I have always loved the look of quilts. Life had gotten in the way a lot and I was working and not much sewing was happening--I was doing other needlework. Then I got laid off from my job and hubby was close to retiring and said don't bother to go back to work. So I decided I was going to learn how to quilt. I started with a wallhanging from a book--it was kind of like Greek. So decided to take a fundamentals class which got me into a dif mode for sure. And I have not stopped since. I have never sent a quilt out to be quilted. I felt like it was not my own work if someone else quilted it. About 15 years later I have made so many quilts and tried so many things and have a stash to die for. I now also have a Tin Lizzie and take in some machine quilting on the side. I sew with groups here in my area and I love the social end of it as well. See, kind of boring compared to having grandmothers doing quilts etc. that influence. My mother was a sewer but she never tackled a quilt.