When I started to quilt, I just didn't have time for classes, so I went to the LQS and bought a book - Alex Anderson's Start Quilting (it's been updated since I bought mine) - and some fabric. I made one of the quilts from the book, and never looked back. It was sort of funny, because when I decided I wanted to learn to quilt, I walked into the shop and told them and they wanted to sign me up for a class. When I bought my book and fabric, as I was leaving, the girl said, When you realize you can't learn it on your own, come back and we'll get you into a class. A week later, I took my finished quilt back to the shop and bought more fabric for the next one. :-)
It is highly addictive! Just have fun with it; otherwise, what is the point?