welcome from WI. A pretty and fairly easy quilt is log cabin and with all the varieties to put it together it's just a good quilt. Especially if you do the strip method it goes together pretty fast, when you are making a queen and have one and 1/2 months to do it. I also make soldier quilts, just near and dear to my heart. I like to make scrappy quilts because there are so many patterns out there and it also is a way to try to use some of them up. Good luck with your projects.