Another possibility would be making a "potholder quilt" where you first bind all the blocks separately, then sew together. I have only seen one of these type of quilts, but did like how it looked.
Here is link to an article on the Marcus site about this type of quilt.
http://www.marcusbrothers.com/featur...l#.UcYkvPnVCS8
And another one...says they were made civil war era
http://jomaj.wordpress.com/2011/04/1...lts-seriously/