Mostly self taught, when I started there were no classes and no one in my family quilted. Made a small baby quilt back in the 60's for a home sewing project in school. In the very early 80's talked my grannie into taking a class with me at the local quilt shop (turned out to be a sampler and all by hand). From there it's been knowledge from books, trial & error (lots of that), other quilters, the quilting board and just the desire to learn all I can.