I have a friend who shuttle tats and she would not teach me. My DH bought me needles and a book to needle tat and I taught myself with the book. The title is Learn to Needle Tat. I have made everything from a bookmark to placemats, not much I haven't tried. In fact this summer I tatted a baby bonnet.
I learned to quilt because I love working with fabric and color. I remembered after I took a class, that when I was about 10 my grand mother had me make a small quilt as a head rest cover for my grandfather's chair.