How about a placemat? My 9 year old granddaughter made them for her cousins for Christmas - they were very well received! She stitched around the edges, I burped them and pressed and stitched the opening shut and then she stitched willy nilly to quilt it! She has never sewn before so as she chose prints specific to each cousin - she also chose how to do her random quilting - willy nilly!!