I always loved watching my Grandma quilt and made my first quilt when I was 16. Thank goodness for the internet, because I have learned soooooo much from multiple sources. My favorite discovery last year is www.missouriquiltco.com.

Go to Youtube and do a search for Missouri Star Quilt Company. OMG! I think I've made at least a dozen quilts from Jenny's tutorials. Her early tutorials cover a lot of quilting lingo, which might be good for a true beginner. She is so entertaining to watch and LOVES her quilting projects. I love to make baby quilts and use her ideas for several of the quilts I've donated to Project Linus.

There are tons of other great tutorials online, but Jenny from the Missouri Star Quilt Company has to be the best!

Definitely, you learn new techniques and new ways of doing things that can improve your skills

check out the Craftsy classes, the free BOM class will help you a lot and you can watch it all you want

Missouri Star Quilting tutorials are wonderful. I've learned a lot that way.

You can learn bussels of information on this board. I made notes the first three months which i review once in awhile. You can also learn from all the youtubes and the tutorials from here. I have sewed all my life but only quilted for about 5 yrs. I learned a lot on this board.

Thank you so much for the information. I have been reading and looking and checking out what everyone is working on. I have added all my projects I have done at least with fabric in my profile. The project I am working on is a mess but with the help from the board I will beat the quilt.

Have you checked out all the tutorials on this board? You might get as much or more help here than in a couple classes.

Cutting accurately and sewing a perfect 1/4" seam are the biggest keys for me. There's an incredible amount of information on the web, and I sure wish I'd had such videos when i learned to sew in the late 60's. This Board has lots of good info. Just post for help if needed. I'd suggest taking a class at a local quilt shop (LQS) for a simple pattern, and see if you can visit a few quilt guilds to see if they are welcoming and have some open sewing days. Some guilds only have meetings, no fun sewing. Enjoy!

I haven't check out the tutorials yet. I must say I getting better at the 1/4 seam. But I do need to slow down when u sew. My birth mother was in town for the day and she was showing me what I was doing wrong on my current quilt at everything is lining up. She was showing about pressing the seams in different directions which I am really bad about doing. So now I get to take out what I have sewed together and follow her directions and go slow and pin and it will work out.