As long as you call yourself a quilter - who needs to know whether it is beginner, intermediate or whatever - YOU'RE A QUILTER AND BELONG TO A GREAT GROUP OF QUILTERS ACROSS THE WORLD. SPREAD THE WORD!! Now did I go a little overboard? Oh well. Sometimes we just need to step out - beginner or otherwise. When I first started to quilt, I learned from magazines and a video with two notebooks of patterns and templates by Georgiia J. Bonesteel. I made my daughter a full size quilt and hand quilted it - the first and only full-sized quilt I hand-quilted - then I developed carpal tunnel from being a secretary. No worries - my husband picked out a basket crib size pattern for me to make into a king-size quilt. I actually quilted it on my sewing machine, made lots of mistakes, but it was on our bed for over 10 years. "Basket Case" was a challenge - on point, pieced handles, king-size, etc., etc. but my husband loved it. Nobody told me I couldn't do it - so I did it. Spread your wings girl and fly. There are no quilt police to tell you that you can't do it. Have fun and enjoy the journey.