Ginnie,
You expressed my thoughts exactly -- I'm another person who doesn't consider herself in the same league with the quilters on this message board. I got the urge to start quilting because my grandmother and aunt (now aged 90 years) were lifelong quilters and I loved THEM (not the quilts). They made hundreds of quilts, all pieced on a treadle sewing machine and quilted by hand. None of them are works of art. I have such wonderful, happy memories of my grandmother and aunt when I see their quilts. Now, THAT is what makes a good quilter: lots of love poured into the quilts.