My first quilting lesson

My sister has been visiting this weekend and she agreed to give me a quick lesson on how to make my first patchwork quilt. I have been collecting vintage fabric for a while and thought it would be perfect to use for a quilt. I have started cutting out the squares, but unfortunately we had a technical hitch with the sewing machine and so haven't got any further just yet. I'll keep you posted on my progress.

I am hoping to make a half square triangle pattern similar to the one below, found here...