Sorry, Sorry, Sorry
this will definitely be Dark side biased....
For newbie P&Q''ers
You
can not go wrong with the
Free Block of the Month 2012 showing you various blocks starting simple bimples going up in difficulty (Don't be put off... none of them are really difficult)
Follow that with the
Free Block of the Month 2013, where you can if you wish, learn how to FMQ the blocks you made the previous year (shudders...work of the devil!)
After that...
Anita Grossman Soloman's
Traditional Blocks Made Simple is simply fantastic! (get it!! Boom Boom!)
The Opus was my first completed quilt top, (the completion of the quilt came 2 1/2 years later) as the block was so wonderful: simple to cut, easy to put together with a big WOW at the end....