Darlene516

Rail Fence or Warm Wishes

ediedarlene

I'm extremely new to quilting and even though I've yet to finish a quilt, I have made quite a few "practice" blocks. I've done both the nine patch and the log cabin and even though the log cabin is more work cutting all the strips I found that it is a much more forgiving block than the nine patch. You don't see the mistakes on the log cabin like you do the nine patch. And as a bonus, the log cabin looks so much more like a real quilt square, like a real quilter.

sash

Yellow Brick Road, Warm Wishes are really fun and easy to make; can't go wrong there.

jitkaau

Why not try a disappearing nine patch? There are plenty of DP9 examples on this site.

DonnaFreak

My first quilt was a rag quilt made using homespun material. You can see it in my avatar. :c)

dinlauren

I would start with either a 9 patch with a focus fabric or a 4 patch with a focus fabric to get the hang of matching seams without too much trouble. Maybe even a rail fence. Those are real easy too. Good luck...

Browngirl

Forgive me but what is a Take 5 quilt? Never heard of it sorry.
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bri1977

I was just looking at this 9P pattern last night while trying to decide on something simple to make. Just wanted to share it :)

http://www.quilterscache.com/N/NinePatchBlock.html

bverste

My granddaughter, aged 14, asked to start a quilt, we went shopping--always the best part--and she chose her fabric and coordinates. she had picked out a pattern in a magazine and we went from there. I cut the 10 inch blocks and she arranged them how she wanted them, we put sticky notes with numbers on them, so she didn't get lost when sewing, and then we moved to the machine to learn to thread, sew a seam and away she went. We bought the fabric on Sat, cut the fabric on Sun, and she sewed two rows on Monday--her goal, to share her quilt top or part of it, with her new found friends in my quilt guild who we had gone shop hopping with on Saturday. it is an easy pattern, and distinctly hers, as she chose the fabrics.

charity-crafter

I haven't read all the suggestions, and apologies if this has been recommended.

For a newbie it might be better to do something that doesn't require matching seams.

Like this one:

http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2010/07...rip-quilt.html

She can use larger rectangles and get it done faster.