welcome!!
a pattern that is so easy and looks great is the snowball!! use a lot of different fabrics (scrappy look!! ) in the main blocks but use all the same color ( my fav is black!!) for the corners. You end up with a nice color pattern. Quilitng is easy too, just do a stitch in the ditch and it looks great too!!
enjoy the process....
jodi in leavenworth
PS...if you use 6 inch blocks, you can go to the fabric stores and buy 6 1/2 inch strips of a lot of different prints. you will get 7, 6 inch squares from each different fabric, so if you buy 10 to 12 different fabrics, you would have your quilt top blocks for a nice sized quilt. you also need the corner stone blocks....maybe a yard or two of a good solid and the batting and backing.