My daughter wants to make a quilt for her son who will be 18 this year but she is new to sewing and quilting. Is there a good pattern without too many pieces???? I have been going through my patterns and kind of thought of a nine patch. What do you think?

disappearing 9 patch is fun

That would work!

Take 5 is so simple.

I usually start friends off with just sewing 6 inch blocks together with various fabrics. That way it is easier to match corners. But there is also the Turning 20. There are so many to choose from. And it depends on the variety of fabric at hand.

The patterns at Quilts for Kids are simple!

Yelllow Brick Road is easy, too. My daughter's first quilt was Take 5.

There is also that one on Missouri Star Quilt company with 3 straight seams

I heard the log cabin is pretty easy.

I did a log cabin when I took my beginner class using strip piece method. It was easy and there are so many ways you can put the units together.

I did a nine patch with a theme block (in his case camping/fishing) in between and my son loved it.

I started my daughter off with 6 to 7 in blocks. She chose which fabrics she wanted and the placement. To say the least her blocks wouldn't line up (which I knew they wouldn't) so I put sashing in between the rows so you couldn't tell. I showed her how to do stitch in the ditch and knotting (or tying) the quilt. She was frustrated in the beginning because she could see the puckered fabric here and there and the un-straight seams but that didn't last long. Because at her friend's baby shower everyone thought it was beautiful; she was very proud. I told her that is what's great especially when you quilt for people who don't; they don't see the imperfections; just the beauty

Rail Fence is also a great beginner block. Very forgiving on matching up seams and can be strip pieced.

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 brick quilt that I made is pretty easy. I'm a beginner as well and it took me one night to cut my fabric and I sewed all the pieces together and started quilting it the same day.

http://www.polkadotchair.com/2010/08...-tutorial.html

And the best part was that there were no seams to match up, perfect for when you're just getting the hang of a sewing machine.

I love D9P or Take 5

http://www.byannie.com/media/images/...s_patterns.pdf



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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 would suggest 'Warm Wishes' or 'Square in a Square' for a beginner. Don't do like I did & start with Maple leaves. Ha!

Love this idea, going to mention it to her! Thanks, everyone for all your ideas!

Turning Twenty is about as easy as you can get and takes 20 Fat Quarters. You should be able to find the pattern in most any quilt shop.

I like the idea of sewing 6" blocks together. Starting with an easy pattern/idea will mean sucess and pleasing results and she will be less likely to become frustrated and give up.

Warm wishes is good starter pattern.

Take 5, Yellow Brick Road, Turning Twenty, Rail Fence, are a few.

This is what I teach beginner's...great for perfecting your rotary skills and the 1/4" seam....AND pressing correctly..AND squaring up your blocks....

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.

For a beginner, I think the 10 minute block from Missouri Quilts would be a good one, and I always lean toward the Log Cabin. I really think that is one of my favorite patterns. I have made four quilts using that pattern 2 king size.

I have student new to sewing and quilting, Am thinking about using the Yellow Brick Road pattern as her first quilt pattern.

Thank you for this link. I really need this example. As a beginner myself, I might be able to actually finish something.

How about using 12 inch or 10 inch blocks then hand quilt a simple design inside the blocks... she could use several different fabrics or coordinate colors...

Rail Fence or Warm Wishes

I'm extremely new to quilting and even though I've yet to finish a quilt, I have made quite a few "practice" blocks. I've done both the nine patch and the log cabin and even though the log cabin is more work cutting all the strips I found that it is a much more forgiving block than the nine patch. You don't see the mistakes on the log cabin like you do the nine patch. And as a bonus, the log cabin looks so much more like a real quilt square, like a real quilter.

Yellow Brick Road, Warm Wishes are really fun and easy to make; can't go wrong there.

Why not try a disappearing nine patch? There are plenty of DP9 examples on this site.

My first quilt was a rag quilt made using homespun material. You can see it in my avatar. :c)

I would start with either a 9 patch with a focus fabric or a 4 patch with a focus fabric to get the hang of matching seams without too much trouble. Maybe even a rail fence. Those are real easy too. Good luck...

Forgive me but what is a Take 5 quilt? Never heard of it sorry.
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I was just looking at this 9P pattern last night while trying to decide on something simple to make. Just wanted to share it :)

http://www.quilterscache.com/N/NinePatchBlock.html

My granddaughter, aged 14, asked to start a quilt, we went shopping--always the best part--and she chose her fabric and coordinates. she had picked out a pattern in a magazine and we went from there. I cut the 10 inch blocks and she arranged them how she wanted them, we put sticky notes with numbers on them, so she didn't get lost when sewing, and then we moved to the machine to learn to thread, sew a seam and away she went. We bought the fabric on Sat, cut the fabric on Sun, and she sewed two rows on Monday--her goal, to share her quilt top or part of it, with her new found friends in my quilt guild who we had gone shop hopping with on Saturday. it is an easy pattern, and distinctly hers, as she chose the fabrics.

I haven't read all the suggestions, and apologies if this has been recommended.

For a newbie it might be better to do something that doesn't require matching seams.

Like this one:

http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2010/07...rip-quilt.html

She can use larger rectangles and get it done faster.