TAST and CQJP

So I'm signing up for Take a Stitch Tuesday challenge!
http://www.pintangle.com/community-challenges/2011/12/1/take-a-stitch-tuesday-2012-challenge-information-page.html
And the Crazy Quilt Journal Project!
http://cqjp2012.blogspot.com/

I would love to learn new stitches, and I've always wanted to learn how to quilt, and what better way than improvising/googling lol