about 10 years a go I bought a leisure arts book(sampler) and taught myself from page one and learned something new from every page. I still learn something new on every quilt I make. That reminds me, I still have to finish the quilting on my very first quilt from that book! It's a beauty.....NOT. I even taught myself rotary cutting....LOL...I nearly cut up my glass dining room table and I couldn't figure out why my cutter was so dull all the time.