Jamie, I'm new to the forum and quilting also. I hope I'm doing this message correctly. My name is Mary, my husband of 37 yrs and I live in Bryan, TX, we have one son serving in the military and unfortuately getting ready to deploy to Afghanistan sometime in Sept. He is married and we have the pleasure of having a beautiful granddaughter who is 3 yrs old. I enjoy doing several different types of crafts. The only experience I have in quilting is with rag quilts, I took a class for those and have made several including two king size bedspreads. I have just started doing the Quickly Quilting tutorials online. They are very easy to follow and I've completed the first top a 4-patch block and almost finished with the second a DP9. I'm really looking forward to getting to know you better and hopefully helping one another with our quilting. I glad I found this forum, everyone on here is so nice and helpful, I'm sure we'll learn a lot.