Hi! and welcome! If you want to try this on your own, I would suggest you try some of Eleaner Burns books. The one that I start my students out on is Hearts Delight. Her books have really good instructions and this is an easy wall hanging or baby quilt. It is small and can be finished before you lose interest. You will learn a lot by making this one quilt. Another book is rail fence. It is just strips sewn together.
The most important thing to learn is to make a consistent 1/4 inch seam. I was a seamtress before I started quilting and it took me awhile to get my 1/4 seam consistent.
Community or Senior centers in our area (So.Cal.)have classes and some of them are free. It doesn't matter how old you are, they are not allowed to discriminate because of your age. Good luck and have fun!