Here are a couple of websites which will help tremendously with your quilting skills. Lots of free tutorials.
www.theinboxjaunt.com
This is the best one I have found, shows you where to start and where to go with great pictures, check out her Mystery QAL
This site has many free patterns for left and right handed quilters. From very simple designs to more complicated ones.
www.patsythompsondesigns.com