A member of our church recently did a beginner class. The night I dropped in three people were making a simple wall hanging, one a darling doll quilt, one a simple prayer quilt in a lap robe size, and another a table runner. All in squares and rectangles - no triangles yet. They had learned measuring, cutting with a rotary cutter, piecing, 1/4 stitching and sandwiching. Most were ready to quilt - one by hand, then go on to binding. It was going very well.