I am self-taught. I saw a video on meandering and was working on an antique baby quilt and I just meandered around the teddy bears. I was scared blue, but I do love a challenge and it came out awesome. Since then, I've done a study of others quilting that I like and have been getting better. Since Christmas this year, I've signed up for two classes on Craftsy that are great and I'm enjoying them. I'm learning various designs in the classes, but the last one I got talks about breaking up spaces and transitioning designs. I love it!! I quilt all my own quilts on my DSM.