Everyone in my family is talented artistically. I can't draw or paint - even my stick figures embarrass me. But I do have a good sense of color and love fabric, so I sew things, including a few quilts. I have yet to follow a pattern or do anything traditional. I just love to put designs and colors together. It's my way of painting, I guess, and I'm really happy when I can create. At 80 years old you'd think I'd prefer traditional, which I do appreciate, too, but my house has mid-century modern things and I wore Marimekko fabrics and other quirky things in the 60's, so I never left the realm of the modern. My bed has a traditional Grandmother's Garden quilt I bought just because it's so pretty. So there's room for all the beautiful things.