I stopped at the fabric store in my town. It's actually a quilting shop. Never knew it was there until recently and didn't know what kind of fabric they actually sold. They do have quilting classes but none in the summer. The owner took my email address and is going to send me some information about some of their teachers that might be interested in giving me some private lessons.
In the meantime, I bought some rectangle pieces to play with and an easy quilt pattern.