After making my maternity clothes for my first child and not knowing anything about quilting, I cut the left over fabric into 4" squares using a 4" cardboard template(long before rotary cutters). I sewed them into blocks of 4 squares each(no 1/4" seams here). I made more after I made my daughter some play clothes when she was a toddler. I still have a stack of the blocks but have not gone further with them.
Though I've sewed over the years I didn't start quilting until about 8 years ago and then sparodically so overall, I haven't done much quilting. My firstborn is now 44 years old!
I've been building a stash of fabrics and kits though so I better get going on those UFO's. :)