I started sewing at about 10 years old. When I was in high school, I made my skating skirts for roller skating, and sewed many things for others. It seems each new thing that came out, I had to try it. At age 16 I taught myself how to tat. Still doing that and teach others. Taught myself how to crochet using a pattern that said: Not for beginners. I did it anyway. Somewhere along there I learned to knit, and did a lot of knitting over the years. When macrame was the rage, I found out how to do it and then taught classes. I made quilts, but not the fancy pieced ones like I do now. It was 1986 before I had to buy "Fabric Lovers Scrapbook" to try to get rid of the little pieces of fabric left over from all my sewing over the years; from my high school clothes to my kids clothes. I had it all yet. So instead of getting rid of all that fabric, it just multiplied! Now I give classes in quilting. If I find out how to do something, I want to teach you how to do it.