my first quilt show I went to was with my son's grandmother in law. I was not a quilter at the time and had no idea what I was doing. She told me to buy the 36x24 cutting mat, the olfa cutting tool, rowenta iron and any material that even caught my eye. Best info I ever had. since then I have bought yoyo makers, circle makers, rulers and other fun stuff. Go for it. It's all good. Only been doing this for 3 yrs so I got lots of stuff to buy.