I am pretty much a self taught quilter. I do it because it is soothing for me, and because I can take it with me when I go somewhere. It's really funny, because I can't draw a straight line without a ruler, but I can do a 1/4 seam just by eyeballing it. I am not artistic in any other way, but every quilt I have ever done has turned out much better that it was in my imagination.