I learned to sew on my mother's treadle machine as a child. I loved sewing and made my own clothes and later clothes for my children. I even made wedding gowns for both my girls. My mother made utility quilts for our large family which she knotted. Later when she had fewer children at home she started piecing and machine quilting lovely quilts. I retired at 55 to have time to quilt. I work part time from home but it still allows me more time to quilt. I too have multiple projects going at one time. Usually they are in different stages of completion. What I work on often depends on how much time I have to work or what time of day it is. I like to have hand work to do when I sit with my husband in the evening.

I started sewing because I had to when I joined 4H. But I started quilting a few years ago and had a friend help me get started. I took a couple of classes, read books and just kept trying! I love it!

I learned the basics from books and spent a lot of time here learning new a better things.

Well mine has been a combination. I learned the old way from Mom and Grandmother. Now I mostly learn from books and on line videos.

I lived with my grandmother when I was small for a few years and she said all boys should learn to sew on button and repair their pants. She wanted me to be able to take care of myself. She was a quilter and taught me and I have been quilting ever since. Now that I am retired from the army my wife and I have plenty of time to quilt. I have all my grandmother sewing stuff including her singer treadle I use to peice my quilts. I hand quilt only. I don't like the look of machine quilting. :D