Welcome from Iowa! Another Iowan and male is on here, he does beautiful work and frequently post pics.
Kudos to you guys, my husband resists even holding a quilt for just photos.
Moda Bake Shoppe is an informative site, free patterns for all abilities. Look under index for past patterns. They borrow baking terms. recipes=patterns. Kind of fun and kooky.
Quality Fabric Closeouts is another site for quality quilt fabric at reduce prices.
Never hurts to keep an eye on Craigslist for quilters selling stash.
Have fun!!