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my first quilt was paper piecing and little nine patches. the paper piecing was nice because when I sewed them to the ninepatches, I knew exactly where to sew because of the lines!

My beginning quilting class taught us using the Ohio Star.

My first block was drunkard's path because I thought a lot of the 'beginner' blocks were a bit boring. If I had failed at it I would have started a simpler one. However,I was not new to sewing at the time.
I agree that beginner sewers should not bite off more than they can chew and learn sound techniques as they go.

quilting has really changed since I started I had classes on drafting blocks , changing sizes , how to make templates and always started with a sanpler quilt so we could learn more than one techniques so I am thankful that I really did get in for the real learning thing now today everything has to be to fast for that kind of stuff

my first quilt was the friendship star

I still like it..too

I, also have wondered what happened to this old stand-by. I still use it for many projects. Split it up several different ways then sew back together. Makes a wonderful starting point for a beautiful quilt. I also use 4 patch as a base for many quilts.

Experimenting is the trick.

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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok

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Originally Posted by Holice

...For some reason the good old 9 patch has taken a back seat as a beginning quilting project. What has happened. One must learn to crawl and walk before running toward "New York Beauties"; Double Wedding Roings" and other complicated designs.

it went the way all the good old starting habits did...tossed aside without a care in the world, for the "gotta have it NOW" crowd...just like washing your fabric BEFORE it bleeds, shrinks, etc...learning WHAT bias means, why does fabric have a selvage edge, what is a NAP, etc, etc, etc.....today's beginner classes teach you how to follow directions, NOT how to really quilt!

I haven't found a class in my area which isn't ' make a 36" project so ugly you wouldn't want to hang inside your closet in three easy lessons'. I've been going along with books on quilting and textiles and thank heaven for the Board.

And I'm definitely of the walk before run school of quilting - I want to master something, like cutting squares square, joining squares with proper joinery, doing strips for rail fence, then simple HST... Whenever I try to leap ahead I trip up.

:oops:

I don't think the 9 or 4 patch are easy so perhaps we are wrong headed here. Making one 4 patch is one thing but then joining them and having ALL the seams match up all the way around...HARD.

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Originally Posted by carolaug

I found the 9 patch to be harder than many other blocks.

Have you ever tried doing the 9P by strip piecing? It's so much easier than cutting all the blocks and then sewing them together.