Hi Robin, welcome to the board. Be sure to check out the Pictures section here. Even though some of those quilts might be for more advanced quilters, it will give you ideas for the future.
You might enjoy the effects of a disappearing 9 patch. What you do is create a 9 patch, then cut it down the middle from top to bottom and left to right. Then you reposition the blocks to create a different design. There are pictures at this link:
http://quiltsatcs.blogspot.com/2007/...-tutorial.html