Ideas for a hug quilt that will be quick to piece and finish?

The ragged quilt is quick and fun. It can be done in triangles or squares.

I like the strata quilts, some call them noodles you can quilt as you go also,One of everyone's favorites is just plain old scrap 4,5, 6" squares sewn together randomly, only wide enough to fit a backing (40-45: wide) for a lap quilt or make four panels, quick turn and tie.....we make lots of these and plenty of people are thrilled with the fluffy softness of them, you could get fancy and do an adult I spy ....or a friend does lots of these, ahe picks a fabric, for large square,8" or so then does strips of cordinating color around ala log cabin...voila`....interesting but not incredibly time consuming.... Mauvice in Central Wi

I don't know if there is an accepted name for what I'm about to describe, I've seen it called "I spy with a twist" when diagonally set. but I was thinking straight set.

You need a medium or large print fabric (or several coordinating if you prefer), then two colours, plain, tone on tone, whatever floats your boat, I just did it with sparkly fabric!

You make two different blocks, one is the snowball block, a square with triangles at each corner, use the same colour on one diagnonal and the other on the other.

The other block is partially pieced, so you sew 5 times to get 4 rectangles around a square, the opposite sides being the same colour. The rectangles are cut the same width as the squares used to make the corners in the other block.

You lay them all out so it looks like a woven lattice. Here's a picture of one I did like this for my son

Cheers Anne

Thanks! I'll check google for pics of what this looks like!

- dlm. in central MA

Hmmm...this sounds interesting, too! Thanks!

- dlm. in central MA

What an adorable quilt! This too has possibilities. Thanks!

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I don't know about a quilt-as-you-go method, but I did a large (almost twin) lap hug quilt in 10 days, while working overtime at my regular job. I used a Charm Star pattern but did not have time to make it a true charm quilt. Also, I used a white with widely scattered mini-dots for the star points, as that made places for signatures. It worked out very well.

A very easy idea is to use striped fabric, cut it in squares of any size you want, and then them down in rows alternating the stripe in each square. Put on a border or two. Then you just have to do staight line quilting on an angle through the squares. Take care, Roz in montreal

Thanks for another great suggestion! I need to have a rootle about in my (relatively) extensive stash to see if anything "stripy" jumps out at me...

- dlm. in central MA

So, it is possible to whip out a lap-sized quilt in a relatively short amount of time. Thanks for the "Charm Star" pattern idea!

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I'm working on one right now - it's a scrappy heart quilt, lap size, which is going to be a wedding gift for a friend's daughter - the wedding is the 29th! I have 12 more blocks to go and then can sash them. I started working on it about a week and a half ago.

I'm using a paper pieced heart block, and, from when I started needed to make 5-6 a night after dinner. I'll be ready to add sashing and boarders on Saturday. I find this patter really easy and quick, but have never done a quilt as you go so I'm not sure it would translate to that method.

-Irene

Irene - Thanks for the suggestion of making something that is PPed. This quilt is for my father, so maybe I can find a relatively simple masculine block that would look good with sashing.

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