My gd and I made a quilt when she was 8. She picked out a charm pack and laid the squares out on the floor in an arrangement that she liked. She was quite picky about it! Then she sewed the squares into rows. She was scared of her new machine (a Christmas gift) so she sat on my lap, but she operated it. Her seams varied from 1/8 to 1 inch in width on the same square. LOL When her rows were finished, she sewed the rows together. Of course the quilt top was wonky. We used flannel for a backing and I birthed it. Then she picked out buttons and we sewed a button onto the middle of each square instead of tying the quilt. She was very pleased with it and we had fun making it. In hind sight I would have purchased yardage of her choosing and used 12" blocks. the charm pack had too many pieces for her attention span. I think the idea of no batting is good and she really liked the button idea as she liked going thru my button stash.
Last edited by TanyaL; 11-17-2012 at 10:31 PM.