My daughter is a first grade teacher and we have made a quilt with each of her classes. This is her 4th year teaching. I gave each child a piece of muslin that had a 1 inch border square marked off so they knew where not to draw. They just used regular markers and I made them into a quilt. Some years she as the teacher had to add 1 or 2 blocks to get an even number for the quilt-this year she has 18 students so 1 is the teacher's block and 1 tells the classroom and year. That gives us a quilt of 4 x 5 blocks. Put sashing and a border and quilt in the ditch and you are done. I usually use 12 1/2" squares of muslin when there are a smaller number of children and 10 1/2" squares when it is a bigger class. Enjoy.