Thanks for sharing. First quilts are the first step on this wonderful journey. Mine was a brick pattern, a scrappy made with red and yellow ginghams and primary colored calicos for our daughter...made in the mid seventies. It too was tied and used an old blanket for batting. The backing is a 60" wide piece of gingham and finished using the envelope method. My grand daughter has it now. The next quilt was made out of blue flannel scraps for our son in a double 4 patch pattern. Also tied...it wore out..a good sign of a well loved baby quilt.