My 6 yr old DG made a quilt out of pre cut 6 inch squares that she selected. I bought her a small Janome that has about 4 different stitches but one speed and she sewed the wobbliest seems you ever saw. Instead of tying the quilt she sewed big buttons in the middle of each square. I would recommend making a smaller quilt. Hers was about 4' x 6'. If we were doing it over I would have the outside rows of her squares done in fleece, backed it in fleece, then cut the fleece and tied the edges. After the top was pieced she really just about lost interest, but I thought it was important for her to finish the project; I should have made the rest of the quilt more innovative and fun for a 6 yr old.