To learn how to hand quilt, I met up with the quilting group that meets up at the local senior center. They are amazing women who are very willing to help someone new!
I was told not to worry about the size of stitches to start, but to work on consistency, and that I would get better as I went. When I first started, I thought there was no way I could quilt on short, thin needles, but when I used one, I was surprised at how much smaller I was able to get my stitches.
After they taught me to lap quilt, I found a video on using an "Aunt Becky". I work in a dirty environment, so I try to keep needle pricks to a minimum. Several of the women had one but could not get the hang of it, and we think I picked it up fast because it was all new to me, I didn't have years-long quilting motion habits. The methods in these videos works well for me-- (only allowed to include one video per post, second video in next post)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DHEDYeIWz4