Before I ever made my first quilt I was at my county fair and saw the quilts. I had sewn clothes for years but never a quilt. When I saw those quilts I was a little shocked at how some of them looked, I guess I assumed they would be perfect, and that prompted me to make a quilt.
I did, all hand pieced and hand quilted, and entered it the next year in the Quilter's First Quilt category. I won first place. That quilt hangs in my sewing room with the ribbon on it.
It's very far from perfect too!