You might want to consider a rail fence. That would just be 3 fabrics, and I found that much easier to deal with when I first started....fewer decisions. It is an easy quilt to make and it always looks pretty good.
Here is a lot of information on the rail fence pattern.
http://www.generations-quilt-pattern...t-pattern.html
I will see if I can find a few pictures of ones I have made, in case that helps any. The first one is cat-sized, but the other two are larger quilts.
Dina