Rail Fence is a really easy pattern (you can find it at Quilters Cache)... this pattern is sort of a twist on Rail Fence and is super easy and fun!

http://www.quilters-world.com/pages/features1.php?_id=92&subcat=In%20the%20quilting%20 world

Also, check out www.quiltville.com She has lots of great patterns and she includes tips and short cuts. Some are more time consuming than others. She tells how to make string quilts, which are really easy and quick!

If you want to purchase a pattern that is quick and easy, check into Yellow Brick Road, Turn Twenty and Turn Twenty Again.

Barb C.

Wow everybody!!

It will take a while for me to look into all these websites. Thank you so much. I think that I own Yellow Brick Road. It was a gift for Christmas, I just haven't looked real hard at it yet. I don't know what Warm Wishes, Turn Twenty or String quilting is. I did find a quilt that had handprints on it that I want to make for my grandmother with all her great grandchildren's hand prints on it.

Thanks again.

melissa

warm wishes
http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt83/

YBR is really easy and goes together quickly! I have made 4 of them. 1 for my family.. the other 3 were gifts.

Barb C.

Hi, Melissa.

I know how it feels to be a beginner. That was 16 years ago. Now I teach quilting lessons. I created a site especially for beginners. My students love my easy-to-follow lessons and ample supply of graphics.

I think you'll really have a ball making the beginner's sampler quilt. Check it out for yourself at http://www.sewaquilt.com

Hope to see you there!

Gloria

Melissa,
I re-discovered this website today in my favorites while searching quilting designs..............lots and lots of choices. Have fun with it.

www.quiltingpassion.com/projects.html#wall

I'm gonna go play now..........

It's going to take me forever to get through all these sites. But I'm pretty sure I'm gonna love every minute of it. Thank you thank you thank you to every body. I also enjoy the newsletters I get. They are informative, but more importantly explained so a person as "beginner" as I can understand them. I can't wait to see all these. I googled "free quilt patterns" and only kept the first 20 of thousands to look at. I was wading through those when I started compiling a list of the website responses here. I now have almost 20 more. It'll take me a while.

Thanks again!! I have ideas a plenty.

Melissa

Gloria,

I just wanted to tell you I went to your site today. It was wonderful for beginners. I have made almost all the blocks already for the sampler quilt in a class I took a couple years ago. I've bookmarked it and done that RSS thing. I have also sent it to a couple friends of mine that are just beginning their quilting journey. It is a really lovely site.

Melissa

All,

I wanted to take a moment to thank all of you that responded with sites so quickly. I have now looked at all of them and bookmarked them as well. They are quite informative. On some, I had a hard time interpreting the directions, but I'm sure experience will help to some degree. The only one I did not bookmark was http://www.freequilt.com/ as I couldn't open it.

Thanks again

Melissa

Melissa,

Glad you enjoyed my site. If you have any questions, please let me know. I'm here to help. That goes for anyone who wants to make the quilt sampler. Have a great weekend everybody!