Hi from Las Vegas. Welcome. I too am a fairly newbie to quilting and am 76 and will be 77 in Oct. Never to late for us old gals to learn a new trick or two!! I agree that a nine patch or a four patch would probably be the easiest to start with. There are some great tutorials on
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