My daughter wants to make a quilt for her son who will be 18 this year but she is new to sewing and quilting. Is there a good pattern without too many pieces???? I have been going through my patterns and kind of thought of a nine patch. What do you think?

disappearing 9 patch is fun

That would work!

Take 5 is so simple.

I usually start friends off with just sewing 6 inch blocks together with various fabrics. That way it is easier to match corners. But there is also the Turning 20. There are so many to choose from. And it depends on the variety of fabric at hand.

The patterns at Quilts for Kids are simple!

Yelllow Brick Road is easy, too. My daughter's first quilt was Take 5.

There is also that one on Missouri Star Quilt company with 3 straight seams

I heard the log cabin is pretty easy.

I did a log cabin when I took my beginner class using strip piece method. It was easy and there are so many ways you can put the units together.