Presenting the Quilting for Beginners Collection

Dear Quilting Superstar,

Welcome to our collection of 55 beginner-friendly quilting projects. In our Quilting for Beginners Collection from We Like Quilting, you’ll feel at home whether you’re a brand new quilter, you’re still expanding your quilting skillset, or you’re looking for a project that’s not too complicated. Wherever you are on your quilting journey, we have dozens of creative ideas for you!

Crazy for Quilts

I say “country in the summertime,” you say “gingham”! Make a timeless classic quilt with a modern twist: our Classic Gingham Roll-Up Picnic Blanket rolls up nice & small for easy storage. With Velcro closures and a convenient carrying handle, you can take this nostalgic picnic blanket with you anywhere!

Nothing can quite match the beauty of a late summer sunset. Hold onto that feeling when you display our Chasing Sunsets Strip Quilt. This beautiful, beginner-friendly quilt is rich in sunset colors. And the intricate design details will draw you right into the stunning sunset view.

If you love to play with color in your quilting, break out your brightest jelly rolls and make our Riverbend Jelly Roll Log Cabin Quilt. Jelly roll precuts make it easy to build your log cabin blocks in a zig-zag pattern to create the feel of a flowing river. Use this classic quilt pattern to make a real statement piece that will keep you warm, cozy, and colorful.

Enjoy a mountain view from the comfort of your favorite chair. Our Move Mountains Landscape Quilt Pattern is a great way to bring the beauty of the great outdoors indoors. This is a big quilt with a great view. Batik fabric evokes the feel of green slopes and rocky ridges. You’ll love the rustic feel of this modern quilt design!

It’s wonderful to watch the first flowers of Spring poke their heads up to greet the warming sun. You can bring the feeling of fresh breezes inside with our Lilac Breeze Pinwheel Quilt. This is a super fun quilt to make, with its combination of small and large pinwheel blocks. This modern take on a classic quilt block pattern is also fat quarter-friendly!

The moon will always be full and shining brightly when you make our Trip to the Moon Layer Cake Throw Quilt! This quilt pattern is a symphony of space images, all thanks to a layer cake in space-themed prints. You get the bonus of having precut pieces, which makes this project move along a little more easily — even for a beginning quilter!

Other quilt projects, big and small, include:

• Garden Walk Spring Sheet Quilt
• Mountainside Bear Paw Wall Hanging
• Persimmon Stripe Quilt
• Up and Down Mini Quilt

Bouncing Baby Quilts

Our Colorburst Trip Around the World Quilt makes a bright, bold statement to welcome a little one into the world. Beginning quilters will enjoy this project: it’s all simple squares. But that leaves plenty of room to experiment with color!

That charm pack you’ve been saving for a special project? We have the perfect project for you! Our Spring Pastels Charm Square Baby Quilt is the ideal opportunity break out a charm pack to make this easy pastel baby quilt. This one-block quilt has just three pieces, and you can make it with a charm pack or fat quarters.

Advanced beginners will really enjoy making our Spring Daisy Baby Quilt. This 32-inch square quilt has daisies growing up all over. This baby quilt makes a great wall hanging, too!

Create a one-of-a-kind baby quilt with fabric scraps! You’ll love the creative freedom of making our Sea Glass Baby Quilt. The jewel-tone blues and greens in this quilt create their own beautiful flow. This quilt project is rated Easy, so quilters of all experience levels can enjoy creating their own unique quilt!

And we have even more baby quilt patterns for you:

• Little Pink Log Cabin Baby Quilt
• Color Crossing Modern Rail Fence Baby Quilt
• Fall Festivities Irish Chain Baby Quilt

Beautiful Quilt Blocks

 

Any time’s a good time to learn a new quilt block pattern. If you’ve never made a friendship star quilt block, now’s your chance. Our Mocha Friendship Star Quilt Block pattern features clear, step-by-step instructions to help you create your own Friendship Star blocks. Once you get the pattern down, you can explore with different colors, fabrics, and textures.

The traditional pinwheel is another standard quilt block that should be in every quilter’s repertoire. Make our Walking on Air Pinwheel Quilt Block and start experimenting with block sizes and layout to make your own creative quilt. This classic pattern is a great building block for bigger quilt projects, and it’s beginner-friendly.

Shoofly quilt blocks are a staple of American quilting; if you haven’t made one yet, here’s your chance! Our Americana Shoofly Quilt Block Pattern is designed in bold red, white, and blue. Use your solid fat quarters stash to make this 12” block in the patriotic color combination, or play with color (and your stash!) to design your own unique block.

It’s virtually impossible to see a rainbow and not smile. Preserve that feeling of joy and wonder when you make the Rainbow Connection Quilt Block. Transform 14 colorful fat quarters into a big bold block of absolutely adorable rainbows. This whimsical project is a great choice for all quilters.

New quilters looking for the perfect project will love our Think Pink Heart Quilt Block. The simple and easy patchwork pattern is a great scrapbuster and finishes off at 12” square. Make it the beginning of a bigger project, or display it on its own.

Or go for the classic Mahogany Card Trick Quilt Block to level up beginning quilting skills or to stitch a sample for inspiration. We made our block in colors from the 1970s palette, but you could stitch this with a winter color theme or plan ahead for another season or holiday.

Here are more fun blocks to start your next project:

• Royal Purple Tulip Quilt Block
• Easy Bow Tie Quilt Block
• Autumn Abundance Dutch Windmill Quilt Block
• Garden Crossroads Quilt Block
• Snowy Evening Snowball Quilt Block
• Country Blue Courthouse Steps Quilt Block

Quilted Style

Create some quilting magic to take a T-shirt from basic to beautiful. Our Cassidy Quilted T-Shirt Refashion features an evening star quilt block in floral prints with delicate blossoms. Pick your favorite block pattern and give your T-shirt a whole new look!

Transform a pair of jeans from basic to bold with our Olivia Log Cabin Jean Pockets. These cheerful log cabin blocks on the back pockets of your jeans will add a burst of seasonal color to your Fall style.

What’s your favorite colorway? Gather up some fat eighths and make yourself our Darcy Patchwork Quilted Clutch. This creative pattern features a zipper closure, a handle attached with sturdy and stylish grommets, and playful decorative trim. Go wild and make yourself a signature clutch to fit your style!

And we have a few other stylish quilted projects:

• Theresa Quilted Fanny Pack
• Cameron Quilted Mittens
• Eloise Quilted Collar

Kitchen Quilting & Table Dressing

Modern art and quilting combine in our Mondrian Inspired Hot Pad. This beginner-friendly piece takes its inspiration from the work of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. Break out your bright fat quarters and fat eighths and transform them into a modern art masterpiece!

When the baking bug bites, have our Heart to Heart Quilted Oven Mitt handy. Made with special thermal batting to keep hands safe from the heat, this beginner-friendly pattern makes a great gift!

Strip pieced projects give you great satisfaction without a ton of work. Set your 4th of July table with our Strip Pieced Patriotic Table Runner to brighten up the holiday table — indoors or out! This quick & easy project would make a great hostess gift.

The Apple of My Eye Placemat Set would look great on your kitchen table! This pattern includes a printable template and is designed for fat quarters. Show off your favorite fall prints with these adorable apple mats.

If you’re a dedicated scrapbuster, you’ll love the possibilities of our Light the Way Scrappy Candle Mat. We made ours with coordinating neon colors; use whatever you have in your stash or pick the perfect color combination for the look you want.

Any time’s a good time for ice cream! Make your treat even sweeter with our Sweet Life Quilted Ice Cream Pint Cozies. A half yard of quilting cotton and 2 hours is all you need to create a colorful cozy. Plan some sewing time and stitch up a batch of cozies as gifts for all the ice cream lovers in your family.

Need some more inspiration? How about one of these projects:

• Anchors Aweigh Quilted Nautical Coasters
• Harvest Hues 16 Patch Hot Pads
• Harvest Hues 16 Patch Placemat
• Thankful for Pumpkins Table Runner

Quilted Accessories

When travel time rolls around, make sure you have your jewelry safely packed. in our Fat Quarter Quilted Rolled Jewelry Storage in your favorite color combination. This beginner-friendly pattern makes it the perfect project to treat yourself to something special, or maybe make one as a gift!

Pamper your pets with something creatively cute. Our Un-fur-gettably Adorable Quilted Pet Gift Set features a quilted food mat and a soft toy bone. This project is fat quarter friendly and makes a great gift. Make it in delicate florals or use bold solids to create a striking design.

Some dog parents love to give their pups a splash of style with a bandana. A lot of dog lovers have a lot of bandanas. How many does your doggo still use? Take a tip from our sustainable quilting article and gather those well-loved bandanas into a custom quilt! Our So Doggone Cute Pet Bandana Quilt is perfect for your pet as a travel blanket, or as a memory quilt as a sweet keepsake.

Every busy parent has likely lost a pacifier or two. Cut down on wandering binkies and make some Playful Patchwork Pacifier Straps! All you need are some leftover fat quarters to make a great little tool that’s both pretty and practical! Hooray! One less lost binky!

Here’s a gift to all you stash-busters: our Mini Alphabet Quilted Key Fob. The perfect project to use up some of your stash, all you need is two contrasting colors to create a cheerful fob for some of your favorite fellow quilters or family members. Beginner-friendly, you can adapt this project with any letter you like!

Home Décor Quilting

For all you planners, why not stitch up some Recycled Denim Cookie Cutter Ornaments when you have a little time? This project is a great way to upcycle your old jeans in almost no time at all! Whip up a batch of these cookie cutter ornaments in an afternoon, and trim them with lace, burlap or pompoms.

Or use some of your scrap stash to brighten up your tree with our Mini Christmas Star Quilted Applique Ornament. Combine colorful pieces to craft an unbreakable ornament with beautiful detail. This is a great project to start any time — make a bunch to share with friends and family!

Why not give your porch or sunroom a new burst of color with our Summer Blooms Floral Cushion? This whole-cloth quilting project is beginner-friendly and works really well with colorful prints. Make one with summer colors, or start a couple for another season!

Brighten up your living space with our Sunnyside Rag Quilt Patchwork Cushion. This project calls for fat quarters in sunny yellows and oranges, and precuts make the quilting go faster. If you haven’t done rag quilting yet, this is a great project to start with. The soft and fuzzy details of this rag quilt cushion will make any space feel just a little cozier.

Our Glowing Garnet Quilted Cushion Cover is a fantastic way to use up some jewel-tone scraps to bring a bold pop of color to your living space. Sew a cushion cover in January’s birthstone color, or make one for every month of the year. This would make a thoughtful gift!

The Quilting for Beginners Collection from We Like Quilting is packed with 55 creative projects to inspire beginning quilters. From big projects to small, you’ll find patterns here that you’re sure to enjoy making, sharing, and showing off. Where will you start? Get the Quilting for Beginners Collection today and start planning your next project!

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Caitlin Eaton
Editor, We Like Quilting Magazine

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