One good thing to start with. Sewing garments is somewhat different that quilt making. One is in the basic seam allowance. Garment is 5/8" and for a quilt you have a 1/4" seam allowance. In my experience there are 3 types of quilt. Utility quilts that are the go with on the ground type of quilts then there are bed quilts which are more the blanket type of quilts that can take a lot of time to make. Who ever though of taking a full piece of several fabrics and cutting it into pieces, coming up with a design and finishing it to sleep under or sit on??? Third are Show quilts or Art quilts. They are quilts that would rarely find their way onto a bed but are hung at Quilt shows, judged or are just plain beautiful quilts to look at.
Here we have a lot of quilters of all types from newbies to professionals. We also have a number of crafters and sewist but not as many. Then their are sewing machine enthusiast. I personally now have 15 older machines that fall into the category of vintage machines. I follow those threads closely and have learned a great deal
People here are always willing to share experience and knowledge. There are a lot of fun things to that are non-quilt related I am glad you are finding us a fun group. Just keep joining in.