Watch the tutorials on YouTube, check books out of the library, buy a few if you want, take beginner's quilting classes, ask the quilters at your local quilt shop, if you can, attend one of the big quilt shows where you will meet so many people willing to discuss what works for them and you can listen to lectures and take classes. Yes, you will get contradicting information from time to time, but remember, there must be 2,000 recipes for chocolate cake, but they all turn out to be chocolate cake. Choose the recipe you like best. The same goes for the techniques you use to quilt. Try a few different ones and choose the ones you like best.