lots of good sources on the internet--besides Lori Kennedy, check out Leah Day, Angela Walters and Amanda Murphy, to start with. Youtube has some great videos to show how to do these. Make up lots of practice sandwiches and start. It takes a while to get the hang of it--and even after you feel comfortable with quilting projects, most of us find that before we start something very involved, we still pull out that practice sandwich and practice first.