Some of my favorite memories were teaching my nieces to sew. I gave them certificates that they were certified with conditions to do two projects per year with their aunt to maintain certification. Every Christmas they made gifts for their parents and grandparents. One project was a grandmother's quilt. I sent white squares to all the grandchildren to decorate with fabric paint, fabric crayons, or whatever they wanted. Then the 7 and 9 year olds put it together as a quilt. My mother loved it. Another time two ten year old cousins who had been begging to do zippers made zippered fleece jacket for their parents. My personal favorite was the year about 15 people made a paper pieced Santa block and sewed it to sweatshirts. The kids loved all the metallic threads and fancy stitches they could use.