Welcome from South Louisiana. YouTube is wonderful for explaining techniques and how to quilt. A friend of mine who isn't a quilter, but wanted to make one each, for her son and her two grandchildren started with 10 inch squares aka Layer Cakes, pleasingly arranged them, and then sewed them together. The quilts were beautiful. Her quilts were 5 squares wide by 6 squares long, then added a border of one of the matching fabrics. I wish I had a picture to show you.