I'm always dragging my grandkids to fabric stores. One granddaughter (14) has made a quilt, the other granddaughter (12) is making a quilt with butterfly prints. One of the young women in our LQS went all over the store pulling out butterfly prints for her to look at. My granddaughter had a ball. Then, this year my 9 yr. old grandson saw some pirate fabric and asked me if I would make him a quilt using that fabric. I told him no, I would not make it, but I would help him to make it. I said a sewing machine is just another machine and that all boys and ment should know how one works. So, he and I made it together. It was fun. He didn't like ripping out too much, but liked the sewing. My husband also knows how to sew. When he goes to a quilt store to buy for me, the ladies love him and I get LOTS of really neat gifts from him.
Verna