Hi Jo! Welcome to the quilt board!
I"m sure you will get some great advice from others, but to get you started here are a couple of links to free patterns.
http://quiltville.com/tatwpf.html
http://ludlowquiltandsew.co.uk/free-...quilt-pattern/
I did a google search for free patterns and it also showed several YouTube video tutorials that you might check out as well.