I'm pretty new. Took my first quilting class in the Winter of 2009 at local quilt shop. Made the "Yellow Brick Road" and it had so many colors and fabrics I hated it when I got done. That was the last true pattern I used. Now I just make it up as I go - with lots of hints from the free quilting ideas I get from online sites. The biggest problem I have is that I cannot for the life of me make a consistent 1/4" seam. I have the foot, have tried putting tape on my machine....just can't get it down. So, now I mainly just use paper pieced patterns and embelish on them because I can follow those line. LOL.