Welcome to the QB Beth! This is a great place for new quilters to learn. Hopefully your scraps are a good size to begin with. Do you have a cutting mat, acrylic ruler and rotary cutter to begin with. A great beginner quilt is 4-5" squares that you can sew together to make your quilt. Another things I would suggest are some of the beginner books from
Quilt In A Day. www.quiltinaday.com. Eleanor Burns does a great job for beginners. She provides great instructions for a beginner to make a beautiful and stylish quilt. I began my quilting experience with a blank canvas, like you, with Quilt in a Day. There are 2 must when learning to quilt. Squaring up the pieces to your block and pressing your pieces to one side. This will provide you a nice looking block every time. I am sure others will jump in here with great ideas. Again welcome to the QB there is so much here and jump right in.