Welcome, Allysum. You've come to the right place with questions. Someone here can always point you in the right direction if they don't know the answer off-hand. But there's a treasure trove of experience represented here.
Many of us would recommend you take a class if you have a quilt shop nearby. There's nothing quite like having a teacher in person guide you and answer your questions immediately as they arise. That's a benefit over YouTube, is the interactive element. It would be money well spent, in my opinion, and you'd have a quilt to show for it.