When I was 8 I made a doll quilt out of my scraps of my mothers polyester double-knit fabric (leftovers from all the trendy new clothes she had made!). It was was just simple rectangles, with a piece of sheet for backing and no batting, but I remember being very fussy about the arrangement of the colors and playing around with it until I thought it was just right.
The recipient (my Baby TenderLove) thought it was the most wonderful gift she'd ever received of course!