Originally Posted by Marcy J.
As I read the various topics, I realize many quilters give their quilts away. Unless someone would ask me and discuss the colors they would like, I hesitate to sew items that the recipent might not like. I have a friend who lovingly made a quilt for a relative and later found it on the cement outside with oil and dirt from a car. I would not want to put all the time and money needed to sew a quilt and and come to realize the person really did not like it nor will they use it.
I am finishing a quilt for my GD and one for her sister.(They showed me with colored pictures what their favorite colors are.) Everying else I have sewed which is not a lot, I have kept.
I keep very few of the things I make and so far they have been appreciated some to the point of me having to repair them years later. I would be upset if I found one like that but they would never get anything else from me. People still have baby quilts that I made for them. I have a nephew that just graduated as a deputy sheriff and his blanket is still around. He is 25 almost 26. Sad story but I guess once you give it away it belongs to them and they can do what they want with it but like I said never again.