How small is small to you?
A rail fence is an easy beginner minature block. Take 2 light and 1 dark (or viceaversa) 3/4 inch strips 21" long and sew them light dark light together with 1/4 seam allowance. Cut the strip into 1 1/4 inch squares--you will get 16 blocks. Sew the blocks 4 x 4 and the resulting square will finish 3 inches. To set on point make corner triangles. You can build how ever big you want from there with added borders. One of the quilts in this posting is made similarly
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