My first really successful quilt was a sampler -- I picked my primary material and made 2 blocks of each pattern -- this king quilt is really my favorite of all -- I had bought a patchwork mag showing how to do the sampler blocks and used most of the sampler blocks which I felt I could easily do as I was a real beginner -- some were pieced and some were appliqued --choose your fabric and pattern blocks and go to do, girl!