Welcome! I'm also self taught but was lucky enough to start just at the same time as rulers and rotary cutters.
I was fine as a solitary quilter for years, but it was when I started quilting with others that I really started taking off... I'm lucky enough to be part of a regular small group, but otherwise, here you are with the rest of my peeps!
Waving (still a safe distance away) from the Seattle area.