My first quilt was a sampler with six 12" blocks, both appliqué and piecing. I taught myself from a book, so with you as her coach, your niece will be fine. I liked the idea of a sampler as a first quilt because I wasn't making many blocks all the same. There was variety and new things to continually learn. My 1st block was churn dash, 2nd was Ohio star, 3rd was lemoyne star, 4th was dresten plate, ect. Just the classic blocks. I'm sure you could find them at thequilterscache.com.
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