My 7 yo grand daughter quilting. SHe is loving it! Last weekend we made a animal theme quilt..forgot to take a picture of it...but I just did a panel in the center of cheetahs and then using animal print charms...just did a row around the panel and then binding. It was about 24x24 give or take and she said she wanted one for her larger dolls, but ended up loving it so much she said she'd use it herself!

She did great sewing the charms together, remembering the 1/4th allowance and I also had her using thread heads to start the stitching. We didn't have alot of time...but we did it in about 3-4 hours,

Now..what's next? She wants to make a big one for herself, I am guessing little smaller than a twin size. I won a contest for some fabric and I am going to let her choose what fabric...but I am wondering what design/pattern I should have her do. What is the next step from just straight sewing charms together? I figure I can cut the fabric to 3" squares so there is more of a pattern option than just charms, and I thought HST's but I think that might be pushing it. She catches on quickly and likes it but seems to get a little distracted cause it is like..."i've done that, now bored with it..so can we please move on?" kind of thing. She wont' leave the machine, but fiddles with things while I was doing the pressing and asking "what's next?".

Anyone got any suggestions on a pattern that is more than just sewing charms/squares together but not so complicated that we dont' have enough time to finish it in say maybe a weekend. She loves it but I dont' think she'll sit at the machine for hours on end like I and we can!

Only one I can think of is maybe a log cabin. But..I also have to have something that will go with the fabric she chooses. I don't know about that yet, I asked her mother to let her call me and she hasn't bothered yet so I dont' know if she will choose cutesey, formal, cartoons, strawberries or what.

Thanks for any suggestions!