My granddaughter currently 12 has been sewing by hand for a couple of years making pillow cases for mu husbands "knee" pillow & wallets ect. Now that Gammy has started learning to quilt she has taken that up too. I have to say I have made 3 quilts from kits so far...but she is on her 2nd little quilt from her own mind no kit, no pattern, she is good. Makes her Gammy look bad lol. She is waiting for me to finally give her my old sewing machine. So I guess I need to break down & start using one of my other 3 old machines and give Ol Faithful to her.