Thanks for your questions!! I'm just learning on my own too!

I started with the log cabin and ended up hating it. I actually stop after that for about 2 years. Log cabins & I just didn't make it. i got bored! But I agreed that 9 patch is great to start with!

I know what you mean. I am a fairly new quilter myself. We finally have someone in my area that is teaching quilting at the junior college. However, I have had very few problems in teaching myself because I have been sewing and making clothes for over 30 years. If you are lucky enough to have cable or satellite TV, you might check for quilting shows from Fons and Potter or Elenor Burns. Jeanniebelle

I am self taught....learned with Eleanor Burns. My first pattern was her log cabin. Her pattern books are very easy to understand. Try one! I live in Georgetown Texas. Happy to meet you :-D

Welcome I am also a newbie. Made my first table topper bought a kit no proba

Welcome I am also a newbie. Made my first table topper bought a kit no problem. Then got over confident started a queen size didn't think about the bias edgesof the block. Wow what an duca

Welcome I am also a newbie. Made my first table topper bought a kit no problem. Then got over confident started a queen size didn't think about the bias edges of the block. Wow what an education. Ready to do binding.
hope everything works. Also girls found out some libraries will let you use their rooms with the large tables. So much easier to handle for sandwiching the quilt.

I would consider looking at the quilt in a day books.These were the first books i bought and they have many that are listed as easy.The instructions are very clear and very detailed and every book was taught to7 or 8 classes of quilters.So they will even stop you from proceeding and omitting a step because people in the class wanted too also.I find myself using their techniques to this day and I am no longer a beginner.I am self taught from the Quilt in a Day books and one of my early quilts was Nana's garden quilt from this series. What is also neat about thesebooks is they give instructions on various sizes and planed colors or scrappy quilts.

quilt university is an online source for lots of classes. Prices seem reasonable. Here is the URL to Quilt Univ. home page:
http://www.quiltuniversity.com/

My first quilt that I made I used the Turning Twenty pattern. It worked really well for me and gave me the confidence to tackle something bigger the second time.