Quilt or Not to Quilt? That is the question
01-27-2017, 01:42 PM
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If your heart wants to gift her a quilt, follow your heart. Choose from your stash and try a new pattern you have been wanting to try and go for it. You will know that you took the time to thank her and reach out to her with a gift from your heart to hers.
01-27-2017, 02:23 PM
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Quilts are both expensive and labor intensive. It does not sound like you are close enough to her to warrant a quilt. Maybe pot holders or a table runner if you do anything? If not just send a card with warm wishes!
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01-27-2017, 02:47 PM
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The only speedbump I can see in a situation like this is one that happened to me - I gave a lovely gift to someone I knew casually, but it made her feel like she owed me. The relationship got awkward after that, and eventually fizzled.
You'd have to be the judge of your own relationship with this woman, but other than that, I say go for it! Maybe, unlike my relationship, yours will grow closer.
You'd have to be the judge of your own relationship with this woman, but other than that, I say go for it! Maybe, unlike my relationship, yours will grow closer.
01-27-2017, 05:10 PM
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I enjoy gifting quilts to whomever they seem supposed to go to. Some stay UFOs forever it seems like and then a particular person comes to mind that becomes the recipient and it/they get finished and I'm amazed at how much gratitude is expressed. One in particular every time I see the person or her mom I get told how much she loves it.
Go with your feelings. What you choose to make - quilt, wall hanging, table runner, tote bag or something else - will be appreciated and might well draw the two of you closer in friendship.
Go with your feelings. What you choose to make - quilt, wall hanging, table runner, tote bag or something else - will be appreciated and might well draw the two of you closer in friendship.
01-27-2017, 11:59 PM
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01-28-2017, 05:56 AM
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if you are feeling like a quilt is too much in such a short time, etc, maybe a tote bag that closes at the top? Most nurses will carry other items to work, like shoes, or sweater, etc. There are several cute patterns out there that use a jelly roll and are pretty easy. one in the BLock magazine from a year or two ago comes to mind.
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