I am new to quilting also. Just started the end of November.
I have many, many quilt books but my all time favorite for beginners is:
"The Complete Photo Guilde to Machine Quilting = The Quilting Guide"
This is a fantastic. It is almost like looking at tutorials where they walk you through the steps.
You can get it at Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...quilting+bible
To me, this is the best! :) I have many of the ones mentioned but this is the one I keep at my sewing machine!
:)