My first (a HS home ec project in the 60s) was helping finish heat set crayon colored hand embroidered state flower blocks my mom and her sister had started for their hope chests back in the thirties. Used poly/cotton blend for the sashing, which of course outlasted the muslin background from the 30s. A family friend hand quilted it. Amazingly enough it survived regular use into the 90s but was destroyed when our house burned in 2000.