I am willing to adopt a beginner, I tried before but they never responded back. I am mostly self taught, and of course the board has been my teacher!! I was adopted for paper piecing before and did well at it. I am into Bow Tucks bags at the moment! I am a hand quilter, have a great method of sandwiching quilts that works well, no back breaking work!! I do not do well at machine quilting unless I use my Embroidery machine!!