I am also self taught started in 1981 and stopped for several years picked it back up...1990 and never stopped... have never taken a class... but I will this year ...I have been sewing each week with a group that sews quilt for soldiers and several of them are past teachers and have a lot of experience .i feel like I learn some new trick every week from them. It's been a year sewing with them. I am not sure I would be able to stay within the lines of a class but would like to try.