Go shopping for fabric, rulers, a great machine, thread etc.
Just kidding, kind of. Check out the fabric stores in your area and take a few classes. If you look and ask around enough you can find ones that are pretty cheap. I take a Block of the Month
(BOM) that's only $2 and you get your fabric with the pattern and a Thangles that called Buck-a-Block. I also go to a Strips and Scraps club that if free, and another BOM that's $60 per year. There are some classes that can run much higher but I've never taken them. Look at quilting magazine---they will usually have the patterns marked Beginner, Intermediate, Experienced.
Check out web sites like the Quilters Cache they have excellent patterns and intrustions. I think that might be the same as Quilt Blocks Galore (check it out). There are all kinds of websited that have free patterns and wonderful instructions. Just type in Free Quilt Patterns and you can spend days looking at all of them. Oh, you also might type in: quilt quilds in and around______ (where ever you live). Hope this helps.