Leah Day's "Building Blocks" pattern and videos helped me a lot! You purchase the patterns and the step by step videos are free. Here is a pic of the finished project. She has you piece 3 or 4 of the same block and shows you how to quilt each one differently.
Please be kind re: the pic - I was a beginner, just learning to FMQ,
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