I have been quilting for 15+ years, all self taught or watching Alex Anderson and Eleanor Burns on the telly. I am not a ripper, i just sew on! Don't want to take a quilting class as they might tell me I have been doing it wrong for years, so i have never had a class! i buy books and mags and do it my way, not right or wrong just my way. SO DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANT!