Auntie Anita's Patchwork Quilt Pattern is my easiest, most beginner friendly quilt pattern. It's made up of large blocks, only half of them are pieced.
This modern quilt pattern is a great pattern for showing off large scale fabric prints or directional fabrics because it's easy to keep all the prints going one direction.
Auntie Anita's Patchwork Quilt is also fat quarter friendly! I just love precut friendly quilt patterns. Plus, it's easy to add scraps into your blocks.
For this quilt I decided to make the pattern in a new way that I hadn't done before...
You can buy a copy of Auntie Anita's Patchwork Quilt Pattern here.
This Auntie Anita's Quilt was made by using a large fat quarter bundle... no background fabric. I replaced the background fabric with fat quarters. Let me explain how I did it and why it still works.
This quilt is a throw size which measures 54 in. x 63 in. and usually takes 8 fat quarters for accent fabrics and 1 2/3 yards for background fabric.
First, I started by choosing a fat quarter bundle which was quite large. This meant I had room to be picky and put aside some fabrics that maybe didn't work.
I used Picturebook by Ruby Star Society. Which is a combination of modern designs and cute, children's prints.
My fat quarter bundle also had consistent color themes throughout. Even though the patterns are busy and the blues are different shades, they all work together when put with other colors.
Even if I had more blue fabric than I needed, I didn't put any blue fabric in the accent blocks which had major blue tones in them. I wanted the background fabrics and the pieced (accent) blocks to stand out.
Because cutting with a fat quarter is not as efficient as cutting yardage I used 8 fat quarters for the background, which would measure 2 yards. So obviously a bit more fabric is required if you want to use just fat quarters.
This particular bundle has a couple panels in it which were perfect for fussy cutting. Fussy cutting is cutting specific pieces out of fabric. This to be honest is really wasteful, but sure makes for nice quilts.
You can read a tutorial for beginners called Fussy Cutting 101 here.
As I said earlier it's easy to keep directional fabrics all going one direction in this pattern. Just make sure when you sew your blocks together to lay out the fabrics before to orient them the direction you want.
When it's time to sew the blocks together pay attention to the direction of the fabric in each block.
You can see above my pile of blue background blocks on the left and my pieced blocks on the right.
More About the Pattern
Auntie Antia's Patchwork Pattern includes 4 sizes:
- Baby 30 in. x 36 in.
- Throw 54 in. x 63 in.
- Twin 72 in. x 90 in.
- Queen 90 in. x 108 in.
If you don't want to use fat quarters, this is an easy pattern to make with scraps. If you want it really scrappy looking, use a variety of fabrics to get the correct number of background blocks needed.
To make the blocks scrappy, replace the fat quarters with the same number of cuts from a variety of fabrics. Because the blocks are large, large print and small print fabrics look good with the quilt.
You can read about two other versions I have made of the Auntie Anita's Patchwork Quilt Pattern here and here. 
As I said this is a beginner friendly quilt pattern. I think this could easily be a new quilter's first pattern. The blocks are designed so that no seams need to be matched until the rows are put together. All pressing of seams is to one side, which I think is easier for beginner quilters. 
When this quilt top came together it was exactly what I wanted! Just the cutest, kid friendly, scrappy looking quilt. I love how there are so many different elements for kids to look at. Because of the fussy cutting and the fabric each block is unique.
Below you can see what I'm talking about. I took some close up photos of some of my favorite fussy cut blocks.
I sent this quilt to Kait from Knot and Thread Design to quilt it. She suggested to use the pantograph Modra. It has a playful squiggly look to it which goes really well with this quilt.
I loved the panel fabric so much I bought more for the backing. I'm not actually sure if it's considered a panel. There is such a great variety of cute pictures on it. 
The backing is pieced in 2 pieces and I wanted to try to match up the pattern. I didn't care if the repeat matched up, but just the general design.
This is an easy pattern to make your own, whether you want to make it scrappy, or more basic and modern looking. 
Get your copy of Auntie Anita's modern quilt pattern here and get sewing on your version.