Sandra in Minnesota

Maybe it's instant gratification that is wanted.

Wendys Quilts

I will be doing a signature quilt with a nine patch and a snow ball block. I like the nine patch, I just dont do many of them.

KathyKat

Funny you should bring that up now. I'm planning a 9patch with double 9 patch blocks, turned on point. I'm thinking of making it in 1930's prints for my queen size guest bed.

remareis

Started with fence rail and nine patch

wildyard

Just finished a 9patch I called Musical Squares!! It's still an old favorite here!

Gabs

LOL

kyrose

I love 9-Patches. My first quilt was an Advanced 9-Patch since my Grandmother gave me some blocks. To make a full size quilt, I had to make additional blocks and then figure out the orange peel piece to set them together. I have made a 9-piece shuffle and have finished the blocks for a second one and am currently working on a Disappearing 9-Patch. A Churn Dash is in the planning stage. So the 9-Patch is alive and well at my house.

Annz

I started with quilted placemats in Calif with MaryEllen Hopkins.

jollyquilting

I just recently sewed a whole bunch of them and it was so relaxing.

cattailsquilts

I just found the 'first quilts' post with a NYB quilt in there, that I am assuming is what sparked this post.

I started with a moderately easy, but not 9-patch-simple block, it's a variation on a woven ribbons, I suppose. I still don't do things like NYB's, but I want to someday!

I think the big thing to remember is that just because a person is a new quilter, doesn't necessarily mean they are not an accomplished seamstress/tailor. Yes, garment making is very different from quilt making, but if a person is already able to make complicated multi-piece garments, there's no reason why they couldn't start with a more complicated quilt pattern, if they feel up to it.

I've been sewing since I was 7, almost 30 years now, but only quilting for 11. I started because I worked at a fabric store & would help quilters with their purchases: cutting, helping them with their color palettes, things like that. I thought that I might enjoy creating one of these beauties myself, so bought a book & some fabric, and haven't looked back since. :-)