Originally Posted by
dunster
If these ladies are novice quilters they might benefit more from the basics before tackling difficult blocks.
Blocks that I've found difficult - snail's trail, any block involving half rectangles, square in a square. I usually resort to paper piecing the difficult angles.
I agree that I would stick with more basic things like getting an accurate 1/4" seam before tackling some of the harder blocks. Why not do something basic so that they have something to encourage them to do more? For novices, I'd say its more important to encourage them to make something they like than that they perfect a technique. Plenty of time later on to work at perfecting their point techniques.