wesing

I second the bargello idea. Or you could do a Trip Around the World. Eleanor Burns has a great video on YouTube (called Quick Trip I think) showing how to do it. You could use the same strip sets to make a bargello.

quilting cat

What size are you aiming for? For high school graduation you might want a quilt that she can use on a dorm bed at college. Most of those are twin XL, and a bricks, bargello, or AVFD's design would be easier to stretch in length than a larger block size.

mrs theo

Thanks so much for all of the suggestions!!! All of them are great ideas! It will be a twin size. Now I just need to choose one and get started

Geri B

Most of the patterns of Jenny doan/MSQC are easy yet cute! Altho she used precuts, you can easily translate that to yardage...

Sewfine

Irishrose2 this is awesome. I love how you did the border. Can you tell me where I can purchase this pattern?

SusieQOH

Boston1954 did a beautiful quilt of boxed squares. Easy pattern and the results are beautiful.

Irishrose2

The Carpenter Star is at Maryquilts (see link in above post), the braided border was from quilterscache. http://www.quilterscache.com/B/BraidBlock.html

Put the two together with 9 batiks (8 in the star and one background) and you have my daughter's birthday quilt. You can use many fewer fabrics. I have one cut out with only two colors and a background. I rarely purchase patterns, so I hope this helps.

jmoore

I am just finishing up a quilt for my DGS and you can choose any size from the pattern and you can introduce more white if you wanted. [ATTACH=CONFIG]586934[/ATTACH]

red-warrior

Summer in the park is nice done in white and batiks. I do not know how to attach pictures but you can see it on pintrest.

Tiggersmom

MSQC, Jennie Doan just posted a new quilt that is done in 30's fabrics but I think it would also look fabulous in batics. It's called 4 x 4. It's her latest tutorial.