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michelehuston 07-12-2011 05:25 AM
Log cabin is a great beginner quilt!

gigigray032447 07-12-2011 05:27 AM
I posted a very easy, dramatic free quilt pattern here... http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-131387-1.htm#3506106

hudgoddess 07-12-2011 05:28 AM
We're talking teenagers here, right? Let's rev her motor up with something modern. 18 year old boys are NOT into scrappy!
This pattern was super easy. Only one matching corner. 4 fabrics and can be very masculine. I think solids or prints that read as solids would be great!
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-131062-1.htm

bri1977 07-12-2011 05:32 AM
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My first quilt was a rag quilt made using homespun material. You can see it in my avatar. :c)
Rag quilts are so much fun. I have made a ton of them (well 10) mostly security blanket size, but I recently completed a New England Patriots one(twin size) with matching pillow case and sham as a birthday present. Here is a pic. Finished on July 4th!

WMUTeach 07-12-2011 05:41 AM
Square-in-a-square is easy and just a variation on the good old ninepatch and D9P.

I have just made two square-in-a -square with scraps, to be posted at a later date, and they are easy peasy and very forgiving.

Shrink42020 07-12-2011 06:16 AM
I made my first quilt in March - it was a yellow brick road and very easy and funt to makes. SInce then I have pieced 3 yellow brick roads, a day and night, rail fence, flurry Christmas, patchwork bouquet, and jovial!! LOL!! I just can't seem to stop!

GloBug 07-12-2011 06:25 AM
The pattern {Just can't cut it is very easy.} Good luck.

JUNEC 07-12-2011 06:26 AM
Originally Posted by LisaGibbs
I heard the log cabin is pretty easy.
That would be my suggestion - or a simple paper pieced pattern, so you don't have to worry about the darn 1/4" seam

llcathey 07-12-2011 06:44 AM
my first quilt was nine block, when my Niece (was about 12) she wanted to make a quilt for her baby brother,so we did the nine block 12in sq.

tntgranny 07-12-2011 07:45 AM
Yellow brick road is my favorite easy peasy quilt. Pick a novelty fabric that suits the person, add complimentary designs or solids. I kind of enjoy using the desing wall to play around with placement for the eye appealing way to stitch them.

QultingaddictUK 07-12-2011 07:46 AM
Originally Posted by craftybear
disappearing 9 patch is fun
Perfect choice IMO It's the pattern I teach to my total newbies

Slow2Sew 07-12-2011 08:14 AM
Originally Posted by wesing
Rail Fence is also a great beginner block. Very forgiving on matching up seams and can be strip pieced.
I agree on the Rail Fence. Warm Wishes is also easy and interesting.

Maggimae 07-12-2011 08:31 AM
Lovely quilts!
Originally Posted by justflyingin
Originally Posted by TanyaL
If her son has a special interest and she could find a fabric featuring that interest, then a quilt with blocks of that fabric, really small panels, against one solid color such as white or black makes an outstanding quilt. Nothing has to line up, it is very graphic and is personalized to the interests of her son. We have had some pictures of quilts like this in the pictures sections.
I agree, because most children/young people have an interest and it isn't in the design of the quilt blocks that put the quilt together--it's the design ON the fabrics. If they love camping, fishing, skiing, bicycling, etc, then find something the kid/adult likes and use big pieces of that fabric, alternating with something contrasting. They will really like it.

Or do as someone else suggested and use alternating 9 patch with the interesting squares. It makes a very interesting quilt.

Donna in Mo 07-12-2011 09:28 AM
I think sewing 4" OR 6" blocks of various coordinating baby prints and solids. I think a nine patch would be s little too much matching seams for a beginning sewer.

krisgray 07-12-2011 09:30 AM
Or a 4 patch alternating with plain blocks. The nice thing about the traditional patterns is that they give you some guidance for actual quilting, too. With SID or outline the blocks or "X" through the blocks.

KyKaren1949 07-12-2011 11:23 AM
My first quilt was a Turning Twenty pattern that uses 20 fat quarters for a quilt. The Yellow Brick Road is also easy. Both would be appropriate for a beginner. They're both simple patterns; made of squares and rectangles.

I found the Yellow Brick Road pattern online for free too!

madamekelly 07-12-2011 11:34 AM
First a nine patch, then a disappearing nine patch to show her how easy it is to 'change it up'?

QultingaddictUK 07-12-2011 12:32 PM
Originally Posted by madamekelly
First a nine patch, then a disappearing nine patch to show her how easy it is to 'change it up'?
I will never forget the look of astonishment and pleasure when I cut n turned a rather ugly 9 patch into a beautiful block, it's an amazing pattern and so easy, n addictive.

Maybe1day 07-12-2011 02:26 PM
The DP9 would be nice as a beginner quilt as hardly any corners to match up. Or maybe a rail fence? The nine patch as you suggest would also be a good option for a beginner.

Maybe1day

spartan quilter 07-12-2011 03:24 PM
Originally Posted by sidmona
check out http://www.quilterscache.com - if you look at the list of their blocks they show the difficulty of the block by the amount of straight pins it has next to it
This is my suggestion, also. I have done quilts with all my grandkids when they turned 13, so I went to this site, and found easy patterns, with minimal seams, but fabric choices made them wonderful. Try to stay away from triangles for a first quilt. There are easy ways to do triangles, but just work with squares on a first. IMHO. :oops: quilterscache.com :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Landers 07-12-2011 05:47 PM
Nine patch is a good one. Please don't start her on Log cabins. I started on Log cabins and got so bored I stop after a crib-size one and didn't go back to quilting for 2 years!!!!

piccupstix 07-12-2011 06:33 PM
I made the log cabin in my first quilt class. a Quilt in a Day bood by Eleanor Burns. I loved it and there are so many ways you can arrange the squares to create varied looks for your quilt.

dkquilter 07-13-2011 04:10 AM
I would use disappearing 9 patch...this is what I use in the beginning quilting class. It is easy but has a wide variety of looks.

Wunder-Mar 07-13-2011 10:38 AM
Originally Posted by cherylynne
Yelllow Brick Road is easy, too. My daughter's first quilt was Take 5.
I'm all for Yellow Brick Road. It allows for a lot of play, the blocks are large and not-fussy, and it can be made up from many different color palettes.

Also, YBR comes in several sizes - wall hanging to king.

rona thickpenny 07-13-2011 11:27 PM
I AGREE ,D9P.

Mimmis57 07-14-2011 01:56 PM
What is the name of the pattern?

Mimmis57 07-14-2011 02:25 PM
Do you have the pattern for that? I can't find it on line. Thanks.


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