I need advice
 

My friends husband wants me to make a family quilt for them with all their names on it. I don't do embroidery but I could handle some simple applique. Does anyone have any suggestions?

There's a Board member who makes labels at a reasonable $5/each.
Perhaps she could make one with all the names and you could use it as a block.

You could print the names out on the fabric for printers and then hand or machine sew them onto your various blocks.

Have they given you some idea or directions as to what they want. Your vision may be different than their's. I would not start until there is a very clear idea of what they have in mind.