auntlucy

The Tiny Turning Twenty is a quick and easy pattern. I used fat quarters rather than fat eights and made a larger quilt for my granddaughter using Kate Spade fabric. I like the smaller scale and block size of the tiny turning twenty more than the original turning twenty. Another quick and easy pattern is Yellow Brick Road. Both of these patterns are available to purchase on the web.

Ariannaquilts

For most people the DP9 is an easy to make quilt, beautiful design makes it look hard. Whatever you make her she will love it.

Sephie

Actually, I do think Jean's idea can be pretty fast If you do raw edge applique and use Wonder Under or Heat and Bond Lite, it can be really quick to just draw shapes, bond, cut out, then zigzag/blanket stitch around the edges. If you're ok with the look, you can even just straight stitch close to the edge and let it fray a little bit.

I did my new baby's quilt very quickly with raw edge applique. I printed out some Xs and Os on printer paper until I got the size I wanted, and then cut them out and traced them onto Wonder Under. Fused, cut out, then appliqued them onto squares that were 6.5in for the Xs and 12.5in for the Os so that everything fit together easily for a scrappy and fun Hugs and Kisses quilt. I zigzagged around all the edges of the applique and that sucker has been through the washer plenty of times already and there has been minimal fraying. Barely any, and it's holding up really well.

madamekelly

I agree. The warm wishes pattern, made of some "fairy frost" fabrics would delight a seven year old girl's heart or you could ask mom what character she likes, and use a kid print of the character in the wider areas and accent colors in the bar sections.

Boston1954

I love "Boxed Squares". I have made it at least 12 times. It is so easy and you can make it as large or as small as you like. It can be very impressive when you use a lot of colors.

Mary Rita T

My 8 yr old granddaughter loves cats. If your's does too, perhaps she would like a simple 9 patch in muted colors with a few appliqued cat silhouettes.

PKGranny

Fat Quarter Shop has a Jelly Roll Twist free pattern/tutorial that makes up quickly. You can make the square any size you'd like and adjust the strip length accordingly. I just finished one for a nephew's baby shower using Disney squares and primary colors and boyish fabric for the strips. I'd send a picture, but it's at the quilters.

Sleepy Hollow

I made this for my son. It was only my second completed quilt, no pattern, just used the 6" ruler and a 2 1/2 inch binding ruler. Made strips width of fabric, sewed alternating strips together. Cut that into 6" wide strips and added sashing. Fast and easy.

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