Pre-printed panels are an excellent start to making your first quilt.  Just add a skinny border and a wide outer border and you have a good-sized quilt top that can become a beautiful baby gift or a snuggly car quilt.

A tray table is an excellent way to handle the bulk of the quilt while working on it at your sewing machine.  The table can be folded up and tucked out of the way if you have limited space.  In this photo, I'm using my Brother NX450Q to attach the binding to a quilt that just came off my longarm.