There were two times that I introduced quilting to newbies; one was a group of adult ladies and the other was my daughter's 3rd grade class. Using muslin as the foundation, I had each person foundation-piece a house block. It was simple, the window, the wall above and beneath, side walls, a door, another wall, then rectangular roof with triangles on either side in sky colors. Then we sewed them pillowcase style, and "tie-quilted" with embelleshments--bird charms, flower charms, etc. The finished pieces were about 5x7 and really adorable.