Personally I think little fingers like hers will probably take a while to be able to manipulate the 'proper' hand quilting stitch. It could be frustrating for her to master it. You have to gauge it to her own personality but if it were my grandaughter I would be happy to teach her The Big Stitch and have her master consistent sized stitches first. She can then work on making them smaller. Remember in kindergarten we all started out with the big, thick crayons and pencils? It's so our little hands could get used to being used for detail. Just MHO.