Double Irish Chain! Add a main color of beige and wammo! You've got a great first quilt. That was my first quilt in "Quilting 101" class. I made mine with shades of moss green and it's a very relaxing quilt. There's plenty of practice with butting seams and chain piecing. Have one class a week where you teach her a step at a time and say "Ok, now go home and make 16 of these and 20 of these. My class was either a 6 or 8 week class. I learned A LOT about seams.
BTW, I'm also very good with a chain saw! Don't even take off my wedding rings! Love the power!!! Rah Rah Rah...grunted in the tone of Tim the Tool Man Taylor!!!