I am in the same boat as you,being a new quilter i find it hard to decided what to do. I have so far done sid and a decorative sid. and on my last one i did cross hatching and some squiggles. but that is the extent of it. I find that if I am wanting to do something else that I ask around and ask around. get lots of ideas from the local quilt shops. that helps a ton actually. you could always post a pic on here and ask us. sometimes we know what we are wanting and just need help feeling confident that what we want is the right thing.