She'll answer your questions in the course.
I have found that I can skip the gloves if I put 1-2 drops of glycerin on my hands. It just so happened that my husband has a bottle of it, so it was free to me, but it's only a few dollars at Walgreens and a little goes a LOooooooong way! I used to use (2/$.89) rubber-y mechanic gloves with the thumb and 1st finger cut out and I tried the quilting gloves and wasn't impressed. I can't go back to gloves now!
I also built a little table (well my husband and son did lol)
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...e-t189553.html that cost $5-6 and was easy to make. I covered it with contact paper, and it's slick enough that I don't think I need anything else on it.
The most important tool is Practice!!! Just keep practicing and you'll hit that "a-ha" moment! I was like a little kid "I did it! I did it!" when I was able to go and go without breaking a needle or thread!!!