Welcome aboard, Cyndi!
What you describe is called toe overlap. No problems pedaling as long as you're following a fairly straight line. Once you turn the handlebar past a few degrees off center, your outside pedal foot hits the wheel & tire.
Toe overlap can range from just annoying to downright dangerous, especially if your foot hits a tire at speed, during a sharp turn or both - it could cause a crash if you're not prepared.
This is commonly an issue with frame design and component choice on smaller bike frames, especially those that use larger wheels. Short of replacing components - say a crank with shorter arms to put your foot farther back from the front wheel - I can't think of any other practical solutions.
A pic of your current setup would help, just to make sure we're describing the same problem. New members need a minimum 10 posts to post pix, so if you go to the intro section and say hello to nine of your new friends, then you can post pix.