I learned on a nine patch and rail set on point (or is it en pointe?). Anyway, I learned so much on that one quilt! There is a really great pattern in a spiral bound book by M'Liss Rae Hawley called "Make Your First Quilt." It's a sampler and makes a nice sized lap quilt. There are nine different blocks, and I learned a lot on that one too. The quilt is very pretty.