EASY is a term that will be different from magazine to magazine, just as it is from quilter to quilter. When I learned to sew, it was from someone who NEVER used a pattern. She would look over what ever it was (could be in a store), then go home and make up her own pattern and put it together. Thus - I never learned to read a pattern (still can't), so I will sometimes use a pattern for cutting. But never sewing, I always put it together the way I think it should go and 99% of the time it looks the same. So I have made quilts that others thought would be so very HARD, and I done quilts that others have said are EASY (and I thought I would pull my hair out). If you find something that you want to give a try, do a demo block. You can use scraps or muslin and if you like the way it goes together, then do the real thing. If not you have an ORPHAN block for your orphan block bag (to be used late). Good Luck