I practiced on fat quarters. Then I turned those fat quarters into zipper pouches and gave them to friends and family. They didn't seem to mind that my quilting was less than perfect. I also keep muslin on hand to sandwich with batting scraps for warm up and practicing new designs.
Check out APQS tutorials on YouTube. There are lots of other videos there too if you do a search.
Last edited by quiltsRfun; 03-13-2017 at 10:20 AM.