Great question Judy !.....My first ever quilt I made I did it on a wing and a prayer I think....just cut up squares of what was surely poly/cotton and started sewing them together....it did go together and that 'quilt' was used as a picnic blanket for some years....but it was never something I 'bragged' about.....some years later after tiring of dolls and making clothes for them I stumbled into the first ever quilt shop in town and signed up for a log cabin class....after that it was a Debbie Mumm book....now after 15 years or so it is still my favourite 'hobby'.....and the number of books and patterns is staggering....and we won't mention the fabrich stash!