Rail fence. Any size. Press your seam allowances in opposite directions when joining blocks. COuldn't be easier.

My first quilt was a strip quilt. My mother showed me how. I sewed the strips on newspaper and then took the paper off. I was so proud of it at the time. Now I look at it and see and the mistakes I made. But it's special to me because my mother helped me.

disappearing 9 patch (made from fat quarters)

also the strip tube quilting patterns are fun (I just did a table runner)

Thank You thank you thank you for all of these incredible ideas! I hope this can help other new quilters too!

I fussy cut some princesses and alternated them with four patch blocks. My DGD loved it and it was so fast and easy.

I love the Yellow Brick Road pattern. Clear cutting directions and easy piecing with no seams to match up.

1.Short Stacks by Black Cat Creations...

http://www.black-cat-creations.com

2. Yellow Brick Road (very popular)

http://www.fatquartershop.com

3. Ashley's Journey
can be found in the book "Piece of Pie"
or http://www.pieplatepatterns.com

Very simple but very beautiful quilts...

This scrappy version of Marcía's Sunny Lanes was very easy to make, and I did the 2" squares as my starters & enders for a long time before actually stitching it together.
http://www.quilterscache.com/S/SunnyLanesBlock.html

heart quilt. I got the pattern off of <about.com/quilting>
I think they called it a Valentine quilt