Welcome from the state of New Hampshire in the US. Check out the tutorials on this site. You'll find lots of easy things to do.

Welcome from Virginia, right outside of Washington DC, USA! The good thing about quilting is, anything goes! Machine part or all, hand sewn or a mix of the two, raw edges or turned, enclosed seams or frayed, whatever! Just enjoy yourself!

I think you are on the right track,welcome from Missouri.

Welcome, waving from Indiana, USA

Hello and welcome from Central Indiana. I am new to quilting also. the only advice I have is to keep coming here to make friends with these very nice people.

Welcome from North Carolina!

Welcome to the group. I too, am new to this quilting board...but not to quilting. I teach at a senior center here in Texas. We have all ages take quilting classes. But out of every 50 students I teach, only one or two hand piece. Nearly everyone machine pieces and then either hand quilts or machine quilts as well. So I would say....you are right on track with all of us. (I save my hands and only hand quilt my tops for family members, small projects and very good friends.) I think the best place to start is make sure you can sew a very good and accurate 1/4" (oops you might be in centermeters)...
quarter inch seam. If you would like, send me your physical address in a PM (private message) and I will mail you a very easy beginning project pattern and a few pieces of fabric from the USA. Again, welcome.

Hello and Welcome to the board :D:D:D
So happy that you joined us!

Sounds like a great plan to me :D:D:D

Hello and welcome from SW Iowa. Glad to have you here.

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!!!