Hi Babes. I am also fairly new to quilting although I have sewn most of my adult life. I am a quilter wanna be. I have always admired quilts and have finally decided that I need to stop admiring and just get started which is why I joined this board. I noticed one of the suggestions was to go on line. Just do a you tube search for beginning quilting. I have gone on line and watched multiple video's to help take the fear away from getting started. I have had the experience of some classes years ago. There was a great quilt shop in Ironwood , Michigan that was about 35 miles away from where I had lived in WI but unfortunately with 6 children, I had little time left at the end of the day to cut and piece. Now, I have no excuse as my youngest is away at college so I am determined to stop being a wanna be quilter and just become a quilter. I have decided to try strip quilting. I have been researching on line and found a beautiful jelly role baby quilt that was done by one of the quilters on this board that became my inspiration. Don't get discouraged. Practice cutting on muslin which is relatively inexpensive rather than on the more expensive fabrics. Keep in touch and I will do the same as we are basically in the same boat, beginners. I love the wealth of knowledge on this board.