My quilting skills are self taught from using the Internet. I did buy some paper back quilting books and my favorite magazine is Quilter's World. I like to do quilted tote bags too, but all the ones I have made, and I have made several were all free project/instructions from off the Internet. I do machine embroidery so many of the design companies offer free instructions with their designs. I have a couple of my QW magazines open to pages where a tote bag is there, waiting to be made and will get to it one of these days.