Q-Links: for Beginner

The basics of rotart cutting strips.
This is the first in a series of articles on the basics of quilting. The text and illustrations are excerpted from my various books: Speed-Cut Quilts, Stars Galore and Even More, and Quilter’s Guide To Rotary Cutting first and second editions. Read more.
http://www.quiltwithdonna.com/donnasquiltinghints_chp1.html

The basics of rotary cuting shapes
Now that you’re an expert at cutting strips, let’s move on to shaped pieces. My fast and easy cutting system consists of simply cutting a stack of strips, then chopping stacks of quilt pieces from these strips. Read more.
http://www.quiltwithdonna.com/donnasquiltinghints_dhp2.html

An in-depth discussion with many diagrams of how to piece using the 1/4" seam
Finding and maintaining a perfect 1/4" seam will make your piecing time more enjoyable. Pieces fit together, and ripping is almost nonexisting---read more.
http://www.quiltwithdonna.com/donnasquiltinghints_chp3.html

A general overview of guilting with many links. Some commercial content
Now that you’ve dipped your beginning quilter toes into this amazing craft, it’s time for some free quilting instructions and guidelines to help your journey into this new and exciting world go smoothly. Read more.
http://www.beginners-quilting.com/free-quilting-instructions.html

A comprehensive overview of the tools needed for quilting. A good read.
Ok, you've decided that you want to be a quilter. Welcome to the sisterhood! Now it’s time to think about the key quilting tools that will make your life heaven. Or,...not heaven. Especially if you're coming to quilting as a complete novice to sewing. Read more.
http://www.beginners-quilting.com/quilting-tools.html

A good overview on how to read a pattern and what all those unfamiliar words mean. Some commercial content.
I remember attempting beginner quilting and looking at my first pattern book. I had bought it to make baby quilts for my new granddaughters. When I opened it and started reading, it felt like I was reading a foreign language and it is. It is the language of quilting, so start at the very beginning and read each word. This is not a good place to skim read. Read each word. Read more.
http://www.beginners-quilting.com/beginner-quilting.html

A very complete blog on using the rotary cutter
A successful quilt requires careful and precise rotary cutting techniques so your machine piecing can become a beautiful quilt. When you cut patches with the rotary cutter, even a beginner quilter can assemble the quilt pieces without much difficulty. Read more.
http://www.ideas-for-quilting.com/rotarycuttingtips.html

This article has many suggestions about pressing fabric, many you thought you knew. A must read for beginners
Pressing your fabrics is essential. For starters, you'll find that your piecing accuracy improves when fabrics are wrinkle-free. During block assembly, pressing seam allowances helps eliminate little widths of fabric that become "lost" in seams, creating distortions and making blocks smaller than they should be. Read more.
http://www.scrapquilts.com/pressing.html

For the very beginner. This blog gives a little about most of the quilting methods. A real light read.
http://www.kathkwilts.com/lessons/gendirs.html

This also for the beginner. A primer on machine quilting.
Your quilt sandwich is pin basted with enough safety pins, your sewing machine is set up for stitch in the ditch, walking foot is attached or engaged, feed dogs are up
Stitch length of 2.0 to 3.0, machine is threaded, machine tension is adjusted.
You're ready to learn how to machine quilt your quilt.
http://www.generations-quilt-patterns.com/how-to-machine-quilt.html

Although this blog breaks most of the paramiters of Q-Links, it is loaded with good stuff for the beginner, and therefore is included. It tells, rather than teaches.
There are an endless number of quilting tools available, so many that beginning quilters aren't sure which ones to buy first. Which quilting tools do you really need and which ones can wait until you're more experienced? Here's a basic list of quilting tools and equipment that will get you off to a good start.
http://quilting.about.com/od/beginningquilters/tp/best_tools.htm