OMG------look at how many of us are self-taught! :thumbup: :thumbup:

I took a sampler quilt class all pieced by hand and quilted by hand taught a little bit of everything in that class it was great.

Another self taught quilter - started sewing when I was 7 but finally figured out by age 20 that I HATED fashion sewing - took up cross stitch and anything I could do with a needle, found out about quilting through a book at the library, started on the trial and error process, joined a guild until it disbanded, kept going with more books and magaizines and this forum....got more and more hooked!

My story is very similar. I wanted a quilt for a new bedroom set and didn't like the store bought ones. I had made clothes during my teen an early adult years so didn't think it would be very hard. Simply Quilts and the library got me started and my enabler hubby keeps upgrading my toys and helping pick out fabric.

Well...I've been sewing since I was 12 yrs old (many, many moons ago)...so had that part down no problem. About a year and a half ago I took a Quilting 101 class at my LQS. That gave me insight to some of the basic techniques of quilting & coupled with my already ingrained sewing skill...I was off & quilting! I'm still learning, I will be taking more classes as they strike my fancy, and I try with each quilt to do something new so I keep learning.

I stayed in NY USA for a while off and on and a friends Mothers taught me how to quilt i had never quilted before i went to USA but got a little upset and still do that in the USA they have tons of quilt stores etc but over here in the UK it is so hard to find a quilt shop so i do tend to purchase on Ebay ,,
I wish the USA was within walking distant from the UK i would visit once a week to the fabulous quilt stores available

I was living in Lancaster, PA in 1970. An Amish lady was offering free quilting lessons. I was long on time and short on money in those days so I took advantage of the offer. I learned to hand applique before I learned to piece. After that class, I was hooked!! My first block was the Lancaster Rose which I made into a tote bag for my library books...quilting of course... :lol: :lol: . It finally gave up the ghost in the late 90's!!

I learned from my grandmother and mother. When I was around 3 years old my grandma and mother opened a Longarm Quilting business. I can remember spending hours everyday watching them put quilt tops together or run a quilt throught the machine for a customer. As I got older they taught me and my sisters.

A friend and I joined the local quilt guild and gratefully about a week or 2 later they had a 6 hr class for beginner quilters. That is when I learned to spray baste a quilt, have never used pins for basting.

Local quilt guilds are wonderful resources and social gatherings for quilters.