Hi and welcome from the sunny state of Florida!!

Welcome to the board from Southern California!

How did I miss this! Welcome from another in St. Louis! Where abouts are you in this metro area? Do you belong to a guild? There are some great places to learn here, but you have great resources in your own family!
I have a cousin in Minnesota that is interested in quilting, no one else that I know of in my family has done any quilting in my memory.
This is a great site for tons of stuff to learn!

Hi and welcome from Alaska. Simple to start is good! And not too large of a quilt.

Hello Sandilee and welcome from Germany. Just finished a ninepatch, alternating with solid blocks. LOVED it.

welcome from Michigan.

Welcome from SW Missouri. There's a lot of great ideas and patterns on this board.