Disappearing 9 Patch is good, easy and looks like you did a lot more work than you actually did. Coconut chips is easy. It's just strips of varying widths sewn together and recut and restitched.
I'd say any pattern without a lot of matching that can be sewn up quickly would be a good for a beginner.
Last edited by cashs_mom; 10-17-2016 at 01:42 PM.