If you prefer not to applique,You can use crayons and color the Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Sam blocks. Our guild presented our president with blocks done this way. Each person cut a 13" square of muslin. Next the Sunbonnet Sue Pattern was taped to a smooth hard surface. The muslin square is placed on top of the taped pattern and also taped at the four corners with painters tape to keep the fabric taunt. Next, Trace the pattern onto the muslin. Hint: In order to see through the muslin fabric to trace your Sunbonnet Sue Pattern, you can use a light box, or make your own light box.(a clear plastic container with a dollar store press on light inside.) I put my paper pattern on top of the white side of freezer paper to enhance the white background in order to see the black pattern lines to trace. I used a micron pen I purchased at Michaels craft store. Some use an extra fine Sharpie marker. Be sure the ink is permanent.
Next, have fun coloring the traced pattern on the muslin. Be creative and put dots, lines, any design you wish. One lady put a strainer screen under the fabric and rubbed the crayon over it to produce the screen pattern on the muslin. I drew cherries all over my sunbonnet sue's apron. Make a rainbow...Write the family names...After you color the blocks take a clean, white, paper towel and place over crayon colored block. Press on wool setting, lifting iron up and down across not sliding across. The heat will set the crayon color in the fabric and the wax will be left on the paper towel. Last thing is to seal in the crayon color to make the fabric washable. Use Ceramcoat Textile Medium made by Delta and sold at Hobby Lobby.
Paint the textile medium over the crayon section of the block with a thin coat and dry according to info. on the bottle of ceramcoat. Done! I practiced on scrap muslln first to see how the crayon looked. I used Crayola crayons. Hope this helps.
You can look on this board to find many ways to make crayon colored blocks. Congrats on your daughters pregnancy.