Greast thread!!! Here are a couple that I haven't seen mentioned.....
I took my machine foot aoart and slipped in a small piece of wood so that it can't go too fast when I free motion quilt..reaklly helps when you are just learning
I use childrens coloring books to get quilting motif designs..you can enlarge or reduce the size on your copier...there are some really great mandala coloring books out there...as well as themed..x-mas..etc
I use my drapes as a design wall..I just push 1 drape to the side and spread the other 1 out so it's flat, then i pin a pice of flannel on it and use it that way..flannel fols up and is out of sight when I'm not needing it
Best for last....I have 3 machines that I use all of the time and I was constantly looking for my thread snips and the little scredriver, so I put a piece of velcro on each machine and on the handle of each scredriver and snip...now each machine has their own set, and I find them instantly...this has saved me tons of time!