I started by making a quilt for each of my grandchildren (3) for their first child. (Oh, just in case I am not here for the great grandchildren I wanted to make something from me. The grandchildren now are 17. 9 and 7 and I made the first three quilts about 10 years ago (wanted to stay ahead of myself), I cut out 13" square pieces of muslin, ironed an Aunt Martha's transfer on 15 blocks. That started my coverlets. I embroidered each block, learned how to do the sashing and border, learned how to put the top, batting and backing on, pinned the whole thing down, got myself an 18" hoop and some Tiger Tape and went to town hand quilting them with 1/4" running stitch. Then I tied them down and put on the binding. I made a total of 8 of those and then I started on picking out fabric for the quilt blocks I sewed together. Mom gave me some fabric to start out on and I found a pattern I liked "Antique Tile" and it took over a year ;but I made my Memory Quilt. Since then I have made a lot more. I love the Samplers the best - have two in the works right now - quilt for granddaughter's graduation and the Cancer Quilt (Susan G Komen Three Day Breast Cancer Walk - raffled off at the end of the walk).
I pick out my own colors. I do NOT color coordinate the samplers. I pick out the pattern, pick out the colors, pick out the fabric and away I go. People say that they know my quilts by the way I do the coloring of the blocks. Each individual block matches, but does not match the rest of the blocks in the quilt. Each block has its own story and I don't want it confused with another block.
Anyhow, after making six or seven of these quilts, I think I will try a patterned quilt. Maybe Tumbling Blocks. Edie