Fun Thread! My first block was a Grandmothers Flower Garden. My mom and I were making a king size quilt for me. She sent the fabric, I pieced the 8 inch flowers in Florida and sent them back to her in Indiana. She assembled the blocks and finished it for me She used poly blend for the path and the borders (we didnt know not to mix) and I love it still! I have fabric in it from when I was a girl and when my daughter was a baby. My first block machine pieced was Ohio Star from Georgia Bonesteels first book, which I loved.