My first was loaded with triangles and small squares, but I learned what not to do and now feel comfortable with most straight lines. Log cabins can be made quilt as you go as well as not. I am intimidated by curves and very pointy designs that require paper piecing.:)

Thanks to Girlsfour for the great site.

Warm Wishes is another easy pattern and it looks like you worked hard. Changing fabrics creates entirely new looks and it is so much fun to do.

To Mpark-
I highly advise going to :
www.quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore
All patterns are free. Marcia Hohn illustrates how to make each block and she has hundreds on her site. She also has an illustrative quilt for each block.
You can sort the blocks by difficulty and size. I never had done any quilting or sewing. I copied each block onto my computer and by the time I was done, I felt like I had had a course in
block construction.
I never found anything I wanted to buy in her tiny store so periodically, I just send a check and a thank you. - Judy

Thank you all so much. You have made some great suggestions. I am leaning toward Warm Wishes and starting out with a baby quilt. However, I will look at quilterscache before finally deciding. Maybe I can show you a finished product one day soon. Thanks again!

I have found some of the translations for the lingo used here but am still pretty confused. For instance, what on earth does DP9 mean???.....I am not a texter is that my problem?

I think you could easily do a log cabin, DP9 or rail fence. Either of the first two are fun to play with, many designs can be made by playing with the blocks.

D9P is Disappearing 9 patch. Sometimes the abbreviation gets out of order (DP9).

It's not texting, just quilter's shorthand.

I teach beginning quilters and always rec. a Rail Fence. Although I love Log Cabins and all the others mentioned here, new quilters often have trouble when many different fabrics are required. They don't always have enough experience at selecting a range of fabrics in varying tones for contrast. Keep it to a few fabrics, or just use a charm pack and sew all the blocks together and and a border or two. Keep it simple!

http://quiltsatcs.blogspot.com/2007/...-tutorial.html

for easy disappearing 9 patch