I Feel sooo bad...
#51
I don't have grandchildren yet - and never had any cousins, but it MUST be hard to share grandchildren. But you sound like a fabulous person to realize a shortcoming and deal with it. I imagine something like that could get out of hand real quickly if you were one of those people to carry a grudge. Your grand kids are very lucky!
#52
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Upstate (Central) NY
Posts: 91
If you see someone examining a quilted project, maybe they are just looking for new ideas, on how this was done. I am guilty of that, quilts interest me, so I look at them. Like picking up a magazine and thumbing thru it, not to be criticized for doing that, just interested, that's all.
#54
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 9,429
What's important is not what you thought, it's how you behaved. And you behaved PERFECTLY. Do not beat yourself up. What a awesome grandma you are for realizing what's the most important thing - that the kids have lots of love in their lives! I happen to think you are a great role model!
#55
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 17,636
I look at it like this...
quilters feel things deeply. You recognized your feelings as being on a side of the tracks you didn't like and you have done something about it. Good for you! Proud of ya!
#56
Don't be so hard on yourself, I think just about anybody on here would have done the same thing, I know I would have. Jealousy is a powerful thing. I wouldn't want to feel outdone by my grandchilds other grandma. And I want my grandchild to have all the Love and care from me and her. I like her, and we get along well........but......I think I would have been all over it too, and I am no expert quilter, wonky and seam ripper are my middle name. I think in the end I would have come to the same conclusion that you have, so don't beat yourself up......just let it go.
#57
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 744
I never had any competition with that.. My oldest son's mother-in-law had more money than me but did no sewing or crafts. My daughter's mother-in-law the same, and my youngest son's son's mother-in-law wasn't interested in sewing so I had the " whole "show" to my myself". However all thse ladies were wonderful people.
#60
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Posts: 8,106
Been there, done that. Not with quilting, but with other stuff.
You handled the situation very well. Your grandkids are very fortunate to have a grandma-to-be who welcomes them into the family, and now you are welcoming the 'grandma-to-be' into your family, too.
You handled the situation very well. Your grandkids are very fortunate to have a grandma-to-be who welcomes them into the family, and now you are welcoming the 'grandma-to-be' into your family, too.
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