Ok, I'll tell you that my advice is a little "non-mainstream" but it worked for me, and I learned it from an excellent quilter who had to learn, as she put it: "before there were DVD's". So this is what I did.
I went to the Thrift shops and picked up a bunch of cheap material, stuff I didn't mind throwing out when I was done with it. I looked for really large florals, large florals, and so on down the line with the floral size getting smaller. I got some geometrics, some 'outdoor' scenes -- trees are good as are vines -- , and other things with interesting patterns. I didn't worry about backing because I had some threadbare sheets and old, stained tablecloths at home to use for that. I found some flannel to use as batting, but in a pinch, a couple of layers of cheap paper towels works just fine. Then I set out to work.
I put aside all my DVD's, books, etc. --- looked at nothing but what was in front of me. I used everything I knew I would eventually use in FMQ: supreme slider, bobbin genie, presser feet down, quilting foot. Then I put together a sandwich that was of comfortable size for me, using the biggest floral I had on top, and I started with the stitch regulator on slow, and I attempted to outline the flowers. Not much good at first, but I kept at it. Eventually I became quite good at outlining the flowers, and the stems, and sometimes doing a little "doodle" on my way to my next flower. Then the flowers got smaller. Those were harder, but eventually I mastered them. In the process, I was learning how to control my machine, how to make it do what I wanted it to do, how to "doodle" with the stitching, how to do finer and finer work, how to keep the tension correct when I switched from a thinner to a thicker "batting" (by adding another layer of fabric or paper towels). Perhaps the greatest growth area was in becoming much, much more comfortable with the process. My first trees were just pyramids. Eventually I could outline the branches. My first vines were great along the vine, but the leaves were circles. Eventually I could do a very decent outline of a leaf. Slow progress, yes, but it seemed I had to learn at my own pace, steady as she goes, and it wasn't a matter of the big "I got it", but a whole lot of little "I got it's" along the way. By the time I finished with that, my confidence was greatly increased, and I was ready for meanderings, and the like, then on to the simpler patterns, which I first had to draw out and follow many times before I could do free hand. I may soon be ready to dig out those books and DVD's again.
I'm just throwing out this "low tech" approach for my 2¢ worth. It worked for me, and has worked for many others. It may be what you need, I don't know. That's for you to decide.
Happy Quilting!