Need easy pattern ideas
 

My 78 year old Auntie recently needed to become a resident in a Nursing Home and I want to make her a lap size quilt. I don't have too much free time so need to make something that I can complete in 2 weekends with these fabrics. Any ideas? Thanks
ok I have 10 fat quarters pinks, blues, and a little solid white. No fabric for sashing. Tried to post picture but unable to due to file extension. ( same extension as all my pics that I have previously posted)

Wickedly Easy is a free quilt pattern at Annie.com
http://www.byannie.com/patterns/free...ly-easy-quilts

It uses fat quarters, and each fat quarter will make 1 16" block. She shows sizes from Crib to Queen (I made a king size). A lap size 52x68 would use 12 fat quarters, so you may need to add a couple more for that size.

Hope your Auntie is comfortable in her new home!

Just remember, the more times you cut the fabric, the smaller resulting size quilt. 10 FQ's is 2.5 yards. That's not much. There are several quick options I would think about.

Using the Big Block theory, you could just lay the FQ's out in a pleasing arrangement and sew them together, squaring up rows, quilt and bind the quilt.

Assuming your FQ's are a full 18x22, you can cut them twice and get 40 pieces of fabric 9x11. Arrange these pleasingly in rows and sew them together. You can get a decent sized quilt. I would draw a graph out and color it to see if you have enough of the FQ's before you ever cut the first one.

Just cutting the FQ's once, will give you either a 22x9 or 18x11. Using the 22x9, you could do a brickwork type pattern where you have no seams to match. These are great for speed.

Thank-you DJ and Barb in Louisiana for your recommendations! Now off to work on some graph paper and cutting!

I downloaded it too. It does look easy. My go to easy pattern is the disappearing nine patch. Always works, easy.

here is my Wickedly Easy quilt i did long ago.

diss. 9 patch is my go to. I've used as little as 9 fabrics and as much at 20

My go to quick quilt is Yellow Brick Road. I can easily make this in a weekend start to finish. It finishes 57" x 75". It takes 12 fat quarters, and 2 yards for border and binding.
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[QUOTE= Assuming your FQ's are a full 18x22, you can cut them twice and get 40 pieces of fabric 9x11. Arrange these pleasingly in rows and sew them together. You can get a decent sized quilt. I would draw a graph out and color it to see if you have enough of the FQ's before you ever cut the first one.

Just cutting the FQ's once, will give you either a 22x9 or 18x11. Using the 22x9, you could do a brickwork type pattern where you have no seams to match. These are great for speed.[/QUOTE]

I sure like the way Barb in Louisiana thinks. To me, this way would be ideal.

Boxed Squares is very easy, also Nine Patch, and Tumblers.