My youngest DD went to a very small high school and they could take Home Ec if they wanted to. Half of the year was cooking and the other was sewing. The teacher was a quilter (in real life) and asked the girls if they wanted to learn how to make simple clothes or quilts and the girls voted on quilts. The girls only wear T-shirts and jeans nowdays - so none of them wanted to learn how to make a cotton blouse or a cotton skirt, etc.
So, every year, for 4 years, my DD made a quilt top in Home Ec. When she was getting married, I took the quilt tops and had them machine quilted and gave them back to her at her wedding showers. She was thrilled and uses them daily. She has gone on to make many more quilt tops - and had them machine quilted for gifts, etc.