My grandmother and aunts and mother all were quilters. My mom and aunts all crocheted too. I learned to knit and taught my mother. She taught me to crochet. Before my first baby was born I made receiving blankets and a quilt. That was 60 years ago. I made quilts for each of our five children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, for all the nieces and nephews, for friends babies, etc. etc. Seems I always had a quilt going for someone. The teens got denim and T-shirt quilts. I sewed clothing for our kids for many years but for pure enjoyment I made quilts, sometimes tear stained when times were tough. I guess it was a way to be creative, to quiet things down a little, to dream. to enjoy color and shape and placement. I particularly enjoy this website and the free patterns on the internet. I make up a lot of my own, add embellishments, etc. It was a way to use up my sewing scraps, to make do, to do my own thing, to be artistic.