Congratulations!!! to YOU!!
.... for your accomplishments and for "finding" this place right at the beginning of your quilting life!
I somewhat stumbled over the Quilting Board about a year ago now when I was surfing around one day and looking for something quilt-related. A Pattern, I think? I lurked for a bit and on April 1st (no better day) I signed on and got totally hooked.
Unlike you, I was not a new quilter. Like you, I have learned SO much. Far more than I was learning in the traditional manner. Lucky for you to have found the QB at the start ... you can learn and progress so much faster, than perhaps I have.
And too, I have gained so many new friends, that I may never, and some that I have already met IRL.
Quilting Good Luck to you HSweany ... and Best Wishes for all things in your life!