I started my first quilt from left over fabric from my daughter's school clothes that i made for her. and she started school in 1964. but I didn't have awhole lot of time my DH was in the service at the time and I was home with six kids. i would do some sewing after they were in bed. then about the 1970's it got more serious and would buy fabric when ever i ha an extra dollar then in 1994 retired and it really got serious as I would hand quilt in the morning do patch work in the afternoon and do applique in the evening. all my first quilts were hand quilted.
Learning to do machine quilting now as I have Paarkinson's.