Quick Quilt?
 

I just heard that a friend of mine has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. She's hospitalised and will undergo chemotherapy shortly. I would love to gift her with a quilt! However, so far all my quilts have been month-long "labours of love" that I hand-pieced and hand-quilted. I'm just getting the hang on machine quilting, have done a few practice pieces and a wallhanging, but no big quilt so far. So I am a bit hesitant... Is this doable? What would be a good pattern to use?
Thanks for all your help!

My go to pattern is Warm Wishes. It is a free pattern online. Good Luck with getting this quilt done for your friend.

I think the fastest is a 3,4 or 5 strip rail fence. Just sew the WOF strips together, cut the strip sets in squares and assemble. Not my favorite from a design point of view, but can be attractive with pretty fabrics. Another super fast one is Yellow Brick Road.

Jelly Roll Race, Jelly Roll Race 2, Warm Wishes, or 5 Yard Quilt

A simple patchwork or DP9 is fast. Maybe do just a large lap size quilt. I wish you luck. Prayers for your friend.

What about this one http://www.quiltfrog.com/fourhour.html ?

This one is my new go-to donation quick quilt.

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

THANK YOU for posting this "playswithcolor" - what a wonderful, quick quilt. I have just printed it off. I inherited my BFF's stash after she passed away and there is no way that I could cut up all of that fabric into little pieces and sew it back together in an intricate quilt in my lifetime.

My go-to patterns are Warm Wishes and D9P asd well. But this time I made a D4P and it went together well. Of course it was a baby quilt with 12 blocks, sashing, and a narrow border. For quilting, I cross-hatched diagonally. That took a little under two weeks. That was quick for me. I started with 6in. squares.

I agree this is a great quick quilt for lap size. Pick a beautiful main fabric to make it special. The one I made went together easily. I did straight horizontal quilting with the walking foot. I backed it with a nice fleece (no batting) and it turned out nice and cozy.

http://www.creativebugquilting.com/rainbow-jellyroll/

This is a CreativeBug.com class, but it's easy enough to figure out how to strip together 30 strips from the Robert Kaufman jelly roll and then quilt & bind as desired. I plan to make one for myself since it's so bright & cheery. Could do straight line quilting for a quick finish. Probably could finish in 2-3 days (or 1-2 long days) as long as you keep the quilting simple & bind on your machine.

Better than fresh flowers & not much more difficult. Just make sure to wash the quilt before you bring it to her to reduce risk of infection.

Hope your friend makes a full recovery & enjoys her beautiful new quilt!

How about a simple 4 patch block alternating with a whole block of a pretty feature fabric ( or something fussy cut). Then you can add a border or two. Stitch in the ditch around the patches, a simple hashwork on the whole blocks, then perhaps some loops or figure 8 s in the borders.

Thank you so much for all these great suggestions for quick quilts! Now I just need to make a decision...

I like the turning twenty pattern. If you want it lap sized, 12 blocks vs 20 turns out perfect!

This is a great looking quick quilt.

I made this Disappearing Nine Patch fireplace cover in an evening. You can make a lap size one in probably a weekend.

Thank you all for your great suggestions! There seem to be so many patterns that are quite fast but still give interesting quilts! I decided to go with some stripe-pieced rail fence that will look a little like chevron. I've already cut the material and am now piecing! Will post the result!

This is the one I was going to suggest. I've used this for several gifts.

Yellow Brick Road and Turning Twenty are quick and easy patterns and use large pieces.

Remember it does not have to be a BIG quilt. A lay on the couch size (snuggle) might work a lot better. Easy to transport for treatment and help to keep warm. Many medical settings are quite cool to down right cold!

I suggest fleece backing. People get cold easily during chemo.

I made a quilt for a friend undergoing chemo and backed it with a fleece blanket. Tied. Made it long enough to fold under at the foot and wrap around the sides. They do get very cold during treatments.

I LOVE Boxed Squares! It can be done in different sizes and it's very impressive when a lot of colors are used.

How about one piece of minky and the other side flannel: just put them right sides together and sew leaving an opening, turn right side out! Finish off by hand sewing the opening closed and top stitch all around!

I have done the 12 block Turning Twenty many times & it does work out very nice. I have also done the donation quilt from Mary's Quilts. 1 of the fastest quilts I have done. I did use an 1/8 yd of 5 coordinating fabrics for the sm accent strips to add a little pop. The Rail Fence is also on my quick to do list.

Checkerboard quilts are fast and easy - and also a personal favorite of mine. Simple and elegant.

Boston, I love your boxed quilt. Do you recall whose pattern it is? Very colorful...

I like this pattern. I
will have to try it.