janice1120

I make 40-50 charity quilts for kids each year. Use Warm Wishes, Disappearing 4 patch and 9 patch for many of them. Any other suggestions for simple, but cute, patterns?

gingerd

Very sweet! Do you have the Take 5 pattern? You could reduce the block size to make the quilt smaller.

PaperPrincess

Here are some DP9 patterns, maybe some you haven't tried?:
https://www.favequilts.com/Patterns-...Patch-Patterns

You can also just oversize any block and make a one block quilt. Here's one I use a lot:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...t-t209049.html

minibarn

I've seen one that is a big log cabin block. Also, Bonnie Hunter's Streak of Sunshine pattern is pretty easy (I think that's the name of it).

oksewglad

Rail fence made from your cute scraps would work. Also a double 4 patch using 8 2 1/2" squares and 2 4 1/2" squares to make 8" finished blocks.
Here's a link with several patterns
http://www.azblankets4kids.com/patterns.htm

I googled "charity baby quilt patterns" and came up with several ideas

https://www.google.com/search?q=char...=silk&ie=UTF-8

cjsews

Warm wishes is a quick pattern.

Geri B

thats a lot of charity quilts...fabric must cost you a bit....what size is average

Peckish

I can't remember the name (or even if it has one) of the one that my group likes to do, but I'll describe it.

You use strips of fabric cut any height by WOF. For instance, 2.5" x 44", 1.5" x 44", 3" x 44", etc. Sew them together into a strata. Cut the strata the same width as height. For instance, if your strata is 10.5" tall by 44" wide, you would cut it into 10.5" by 10.5" inch blocks. You could do any size, but my group liked the 10.5" size because you would get an even number of blocks from 42" or 44" wide fabric.

Next, lay one block down, right side up, with the strips going east-west. Lay another block on top, right side down, with the strips going north-south. Sew around all four sides. Then cut the block into an X. Press open and voila, you have 4 new blocks. We like to sew a strip around all four sides, which then becomes sashing once the top is assembled.

This goes SO fast, you don't need to match points, and you can use scraps. You don't have to use WOF, this technique works with fat quarters also, you just won't get as many blocks. When we all get together for a sew day or retreat, we'll each do one strata and we usually end up with 5 or 6 assembled charity quilt tops within a couple of hours.

alikigirl

I think the pattern Peckish is talking about is Sonyas windows. Here are the instructions, and I agree it is a great, fast, easy pattern.
http://www.quiltsfromtheheart.org/pa...trip-block.pdf

wesing

Eleanor Burns' Quick Trip pattern is very attractive and also quick and easy. This is a generous baby size: http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...d-t276630.html and she gives the info for other sizes on her YouTube video.