Help with First Easy Quilt

[CuckooMamma]

I'm hosting a blessingway in September and wanted to give the mom a keepsake from all the attendees. I was thinking to give each attendee a square of fabric to decorate/embroider and then sew it all together and make it into a quilt/blanket type thing. I've never done this before and don't want to make a mess of it after I've started sewing the pieces.

Can anyone give me suggestions on how to do this the easiest way possible?

TIA!

[jenfl]

If you just do squares, it's pretty easy. I did my first (and so far only) quilt like that --an I Spy quilt for my daughter. I sewed squares into rows, then sewed the rows together. Added a border at the top and bottom and had my quilt top.

For the quilting part, I just ran it through my sewing machine, sewing over the seams between squares. There's lots of places that will do a proper job of it for you with a real quilting machine -- just ask at a local quilting supply store. A smallish quilt will run about $50 (in my experience).