I'll second what AuntPiggy has said.
KSue, If you feel that this is only for professional quilters, then I'm not sure why? I've been here for over a year and have never had that feeling. There's a lot of us regular, average-Joe's or or should I say Josie's here
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I'm a long way from being a professional quilter ... and have no aspirations to become one.
As for posting of pictures, there's been many helpful threads about this in the Help Centre. Here's a link to the Archives ...
http://www.quiltingboard.com/sitemap/f-27.html
I'm far from a geek, and figured it out from How To;s that others shared.