Beginner quilter
 

I am a beginning quilter. I have done some jelly roll quilt tops but now I'm looking for a beginner quilt pattern. I would like something easy so I can finish it before I get discouraged. Any ideas?

How about a simple Irish chain. Just nine patches and squares. The layout makes the design. The nine patches can be strip pieced.

Try the railroad ties pattern or the Disappearing 9 Patch. Quick and you can do a lot with them.

irish chain, lover's knot, log cabin, any beginner patterns from eleanor burns, she's real easy to learn from

Yellow brick road is favorite for new quilters! or look at modabakeshop.com There are tons of ideas and free tutorials! Also look up Jenny Doan on youtube her tutorials are fantastic for beginners as well!

All the above are great!! Welome from Southern CA.

Warm Wishes is an easy quilt and looks great. It's just squares and rectangles.

my beginner favorite was yellow brick road

I'd do a snowball quilt - very easy, and you can use a variety of scrappy fabrics and do SID and then maybe do a little handquilting in the squares of various motifs....ie, flowers, stars or whatever. It would be the perfect quilt to do prairie points on the edge of the quilt (another new thing to learn & easy!). Please show us when you're done and have fun!

Look at patterns for sale at the Buggy Barn website. They are great begnning patterns, because there are no seams to line up. The blocks are large, so the quilt is quickly made. Basically what you do is stack fabrics together, slice them apart to make the pattern pieces, shuffle them, then each layer is a block ready to sew back together. Because the seam allowances are not added into each pattern piece, the outside edges of the block turn out wonky, so you just square up each block when done. Easy peasy! Not affiliated, just an excited customer!

Once when I was visiting my sister, I taught her how to make half-square triangles. The lightbulb when on when we opened them up and began playing with different ways to arrange them. She is now off and running, making all sorts of small quilts and table runners. A pattern that is simple and fairly quick is called "romance around the world." This is one I've made twice. It is only squares and half-square triangles.
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I, too, am a new quilter. I am having a great time learning. I am now going to work on single 9 inch blocks with my church group, to eventually put together for lap quilts for the nursing home. I have looked at lots of patterns and am interested in attempting a "card trick".....maybe with just 2 cards. any suggestions? or too ambitious? anyone know of a 9 in block pattern for 2 card trick?

I like to recommend Bento Box for new quilters - it's just 2.5" strips, and it's my avatar.

I recommend Warm Wishes or Rail Fence.

Big Block Quilt by Black Cat Creations or a Turning Twenty!!! :) Good luck!!! :)

I would also like to recommend the disappearing 9-patch. I think there are some great instructions for that one right here on this board!

Take a look at Eleanor Burns , Quilt in a Day books/patterns. Her directions are some of the best written. She also has lots of free videos on her site. For beginners ... its tough to beat Eleanor Burns.

Welcome to the board from another Nancy L S!!

Thanks for all of the suggestions. Now I just have to decide from all of these patterns. LOL

My first quilt was a snowball alternated with 4-patches to create a secondary design of bow ties. It was fun and the snow ball allows you to highlight a larger print focus fabric!

Good luck!!

rail fence and variations!

aileen

Yellow Brick Road is my favorite pattern period. Well, that & 9-patches.

This is FABULOUS!

My first quilt was a yellow brick road. Very easy!

I took advice from ladies running a quilt shop and bought a pattern called "Strip Cocktail." It wasn't fool proof for a beginner like me, but pretty close. (I didn't have such consistent 1/4" seams). It made up quite beautiful as the jelly rolls were all color/pattern compatabile. Good luck. Oh, the 3rd quilt I did was "The big block quilt." That's really fun as it goes together quickly; it's a modern, contemporary look.

I second this!! Her books are the best I have for clear and concise directions - and they are illustrated every step of the way. Maybe you could try a simple sampler so you can try out a few different blocks.

Good luck and welcome to the world of quilting!!

Welcome to NancyLS and Im Wood from Northern California. You have come to a great place. Look forward to seeing your works. BrendaK