When we were little, our grandma taught us how to sew. The moment we'd caught on and learned how to sew a nice, straight line and create a neat, even seam, she guided us immediately through the process of advancing those basic sewing skills we'd learned into quilting! We're pleased and proud to report that we've been quilting for many years now and have mastered several advanced techniques in order to create some really beautiful, intricate looking pieces, but every once in a while we like to go back to the basics and make sure we can still do the simple stuff. Now that we have crafty kids of our own, we're very happy that we kept brushed up on the easiest steps and collected beginner patterns long after we'd advanced past that point, because it means we're well equipped for teaching our kids how to quilt all these years later!

Just in case you or your little ones are as interested in putting your basic sewing skills to use in a simple quilting project as we were once upon a time or as our own kids are now, if not more, here are many of the best simple beginner quilting projects that we've discovered over the years.