I have had the reaction from older women who don't quilt.
I think they see quilting as an admission that you are poor!
a depression thing!
My mother and grandmother are the same way!
just to bad they can't see the beauty in what we do!
I have given my mother a quilt that was one of my best, in colors and theme that she likes it is still in her closet. Where it has been since I gave it to her years ago.
last year when I was busy making sale quilts for a festival she asked if I wanted it back to sell!
It means nothing to her!
I have to accept that and move on!