My parents stressed the importance of taking care of yourself. This included skills like sewing, cooking, and growing things. My father grew up on a farm in Arkansas. At night the family came together and helped making quilts. It was survival. My mother grew up making her doll clothes and baby doll blankets. She emphasized perfection as she walked me through seam allowance.
In middle school classes were offered in wood shop and home economics. Middle School was inline with what my family valued. My mother and I bonded over many hours in fabric shops. My first skirt I made in school was a blue and white calico ruffled skirt. Wearing my skirt to school for the first time was a proud moment. I am grateful for the opportunity to learn the complexity of making at such a young age.
My sister-in-law introduced me to quilting. I am grateful for my mom’s perfection, but quilting allows me freedom that sewing clothes did not allow me. Traditional Quilting has patterns to follow as clothes do, but I have found away around the rules. It’s a balance between historical designs, and playing with contemporary approaches.
Jennifer Haston Quilts 
That was really rude, and doesn’t it suck that you still remember it? When I was in middle school, a teacher (!) stopped me in the hall and told me I shouldn’t wear green eye shadow, as it was unbecoming. I’m aggravated I remember.
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