I like the first one best. The diagonals give the quilt a lot of "life". Machine piecing strips to a muslin foundation would not be hard, but would require a little more time than the other patterns. What is nice about this technique is that you can make the blocks over-sized, starch, and then cut to size. The only thing is I would recommend purchasing a thin muslin and pre-washing it to shrink before cutting into squares for the foundation, and would also recommend cutting the squares about 2" larger than needed. Mark a line from one corner to the opposite corner with a pencil to provide a guideline for the first strip; however, positioning does not need to be exact for this pattern.
I do think the advice to make a sample block is good advice.
If you do choose the first pattern, I saw that this quilt pattern comes from one of Evelyn Sloppy's books. I would have to do some sleuthing to figure out which book. It would be nice to have the pattern, especially since this would be your first quilt.
Edit: Looks like that pattern is from her Strips & Strings book:
https://www.amazon.com/Strips-String...dp/156477466X/
Edit 2: Oh, and it looks like she doesn't use a muslin foundation. She just pieces strings together and then cuts them. For a beginner, I think it would be safer to use a foundation. If you don't use a foundation, be sure to spray starch *heavily* before cutting a block like this to size. Starch would help stabilize all those bias edges.