You might be interested in a pre-cut simple kit that your local quilt shop might have. Look at the blocks on www.quilterscache and pick one that says beginner or easy. I started out choosing fabric by getting a larger floral and picking colours out of it to go with the floral fabric. You can also choose colours by looking at the selvage. On the selvage there are circles of all the colours used to make that fabric. The first quilt I did was for a child and it was loved despite my less the perfect performance.