Thank you so much Judith!!!
Blueridgebeverly, I do have that book too. You might want to start with the smaller projects. Small Wonders, She Loves You or Home Run are not hard to do.
If you want to start with a quilt you might consider Bonnie Lass, just rectangles but lots of them!
Just go with the free spirit, do whatever you fancy! And if you don't like it that much you can always change a few things and make it work.