I would consider looking at the quilt in a day books.These were the first books i bought and they have many that are listed as easy.The instructions are very clear and very detailed and every book was taught to7 or 8 classes of quilters.So they will even stop you from proceeding and omitting a step because people in the class wanted too also.I find myself using their techniques to this day and I am no longer a beginner.I am self taught from the Quilt in a Day books and one of my early quilts was Nana's garden quilt from this series. What is also neat about thesebooks is they give instructions on various sizes and planed colors or scrappy quilts.