Assistance in quick patterns
 

Well sandy has created a mess as everyone knows. Many of my coworkers lost all so I'm looking at my stash and wish to whip up a few quilts. I'm shooting to make at least 2 or 3 this weekend if I get the tops done. I can run over and rent the long arm to quilt Outside the 1600 jellyroll race pattern, what else is a quickie like that? I was lucky but many aren't so looking to you ladies to help me with a quick pattern that I can do. I'm a fairly newbie and a bit slow in cutting and sewing lol. I'll be giving the more complex ones that were Christmas gifts out instead too. TIA!!!
Nancy

Oh qayg could work too?

IMO.........the quickest and easiest quilt I have ever done is the Quickey Strippy. You can really do one, start to finish, in just an hour or so!!!!! Nice baby/lap size as the finished quilt is only about 40 inches wide...width of your fabric and the lenght is up to you but I ususally do them about 55 inches long.

http://www.maryquilts.com/quick-strippie/

turning 20 & yellow brick road are both easy- fast quilts.

Basic blocks, bricks, half square triangles. Anything you can do in mass and with minimal cutting.

The Warm Wishes is a good one. Rail fence is also good. It just requires strip sets cut into blocks the width of the strips. ie. if the strip sets measure 5 1/2" in width cut blocks into 5 1/2" squares. If you make wide strips it would be really quick.

A very simple quilt, that can be really beautiful, and even have a theme if you have fabrics that are of one theme, or one color family, or simply go together in a pleasant way (I have done several musical ones) is panals.

Using a double sided bonding batting as a base you can cut out 12" panals or strips of fabric clear across the width of the fabric (or larger or smaller "depths", or a combination of different depths), decide on the best layout and sew the top of the first panal down and iron it, put the second on the first (print side to print side) and sew it down, add the third, etc., until you have them all sewn to the length you want the quilt to be. To be done really quickly you can use double fold bias tape, or make your own. I'm not a fast quilter, but I can turn out a 42"x72" in a half day easily. Don't cut them all out before you begin because you don't know exactly how big to make the last one, unless you measure (and that takes too much time!).

The same can be done by sewing 3 or more squares together (all of the same depth, but can be different widths) into a strip and then treating them the same as the strip quilt above. For bigger quilts I do make sure I have enough pieces of fabric before I begin (and that involves some measuring).

I realize these are not "great works of art" but children love them, and I suspect adults in need will appreciate them. After all, they are made with love and caring, and many have told me they are beautiful. I like bold colors, but I have made them in soft tones also. It is a wonderful way to use up some of the smaller pieces of fabric in your stash (well, not tiny, but fabrics that are still 42" across, or if doing the larger quilts, even less than that).

Hope this helps. This is a lot like the quilts that are put together at random in small squares or strips. You have to stop fussing and worrying and just DO it, and the result seems to always be delightful.

Warm wishes is fast------------and if you don't have fabric available, look for a striped fabric for the "log" blocks on the warm wishes and make the quilt top even faster.

One of the quickest and easiest that I do is squares offset so that each color makes a diagonal line down the quilt . You can strip piece and then cut the squares; make your squares any size, can use fat quarters, etc. I,ve used 8-10 colors and made like 5 inch squares (cut at 5 1/2" --- you can get 12 of those from a FQ).

I'm also making Sandy quilts this weekend. I did a 1600 jelly roll and I'll be assembling old BOMs. I have a few layer cakes, so I'm thinking of just making rows of 10" squares, 5 x 8. If anyone knows of someone willing to quilt them, feel free to PM me. Otherwise I'll just do ditch stitching.

A good quilt that I just made is big half square triangles just arranged in different ways. The easiest way is to have the dark side all facing the same way. You can make them 6 inches square or even 8 or 10 inches square. Just a nice way to practice making HSTs.

Are there really places out there that rent the LAQ? That would be right up my alley, since I had such a bad experience with sending my last two out.

10 minute blocks!....if you've never made one, the first few may take a bit longer than 10 minutes, but once you get the hang of it, they really are very fast and easy.....use big squares to start (10" are good) and you will have a top done in a couple hours.

I recently made Easy Breezy for my nephew's graduation quilt. It was super easy. Just 1 1/2 yard for the focucs fabric, then various width strips to form the border. It turned out really cute. I used the full width of the fabric and I think the borders were cut at 6 or 7 inches. I adjusted the pattern to make the most of my fabric.
Here's a link to the pattern.
http://store.virginiaquilter.com/sto...3&Item_ID=1124

I would get fleece. A pattern fleece for the front and a plain for the back. Then just grid quilt them together.

Hi Nancy (linynp),
I sent you a PM. I am a professional longarm quilter :)

Check out Missouri Stars "Big Star" quilt on YouTube. The block works up to 25 1/2" but you can use smaller squares too. I made 1 block just to see how quick it was & wow! It was quick, easy & pretty. I plan to finish the one block as a table topper to give as a Christmas gift

The old faithful "9 Patch" can't be beat for quick and nice. It's just a good, old basic pattern that brings comfort by causing thoughts of way back when. Thank you for helping those in need in your area.

I have spent days and days in the past cutting 6 inch squares out of a lot of clothing and other fabric I had on hand. I can put a quilt together in a few hours using them. I do the Trip Around the World, or put same pattern or colors in diagonal lines across the quilt. These turn out very nice. Then I use a blanket or mattress pad for the batt, and find some fabric I'm not so fond of for the back. After all, someone liked that fabric enough to have it made up to sell. Use glue to hold the binding in place, and I can machine sew very quickly to get it done.

WOW!!! Thank-you GrannieAnnie for such a great idea.:) Never even thought to do something like that.

Chinese Coins with solid strips inbetween columns

If your description is what I'm thinking, that's a specific pattern. The name is Stairway to Heaven. I strip piece mine at 5 1/2". I sew all the strips together until it's wide enough for the whole bed. Then I stitch strip one to the last strip to make a large loop like you would for a bargello. I then cross cut at 5 1/2" and pick out the stitches in strategic places to create the offset diagonal. It took me 3 hours to piece a baby size one at 45 x 60ish from first cut to last stitch. An added bonus for me was that each color only used 16.5 inches of fabric for the whole top...course that was baby sized, but you can get a lot done with less fabric. Very forgiving pattern.

The dots are really flowers in primary and secondary colors. My sons' 2nd grade teacher doesn't do pink or blue, just bright primary colors. Here is a small corner to highlight the colors:

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...1352683904.jpg

Here is the entire top.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...1352683890.jpg

Really like the Warm Wishes pattern. Seems easy and looks complicated.

Wow...right up my alley. I love it!

My favorite quick quilt is "Wickedly Easy", http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=FEE1E1NU
Its fast and it looks really hard. :D
Sharon W.

I didn't find the pattern at the link on GodTube but I did a search & found the free pattern at:
www.byannie.com
Looks like a great & quick pattern (Wickedly Easy)
Thanks for the idea

Yes, this is a great quilt to do and fast and pretty.

I couldn't find any Wickedly Easy here either. I sure would like to see it.

I just made one, here's my thread where I linked it:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...ml#post5647040

I found it by doing a search on Google. Just type in Wickedly Easy quilt pattern. Several things came up & the 2nd one down looked like what I wanted. (byannie.com) Clicked on it & it took me right to it.
If you still can't get it just PM me & I can email the pattern to you since I downloaded it. (its a free pattern she offers)

I did a really quick lap quilt, the ten minute blocks. Jus cut 10 inch squares, five for each block. They make 18" blocks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbTHlGGKMPM

I live in medford, maybe we can get tog, let me know in pm
How about diss nine ptch

I really like the Quick Strippie on MaryQuilts.com. I've finally found the pattern I was looking for a quick and easy quilt. I love all the info I get from this blog. Honeybea