I understand just how you feel. I am new to quilting (less than a year) and was overwhelmed at all the information.
I found a group of wonderful ladies who make charity quilts. The patterned they use is called "Wicked Easy Quilts". You sew 6 pieces (square or rectangle) together and you have a very large block. We make the crib size and it only takes 6 blocks (2x3).
Then they only use the the large border and not the smaller.
I used this pattern to help a someone make a quilt that had not sewed a stitch.
This is a link to the pattern.
http://www.orgsites.com/il/projectli...s_patterns.pdf
I hope this helps.