I am teaching my DGD to sew. We started with some thing very simple...a can coozie. She is 14 and was so pround when her dad (my DS) uses it. We are going to make pajama pants on Saturday and she is looking forward to it. We learned the basics first...how to thread the machine, how to change the needle etc. I drew some lines on paper and she stitched that first. Some lines were wavy and some had corners so she learned to put the needle down and raqise the presser foot and turn. You have to start with small things first and work up to a quilt. My DGD is in 4-H so we may make a quilt this summer.