It's really hard, isn't it! I want to share my quilts with lots of people, but I have always made things, so have learned to be careful over the years. We are all so different, like others have said, I try to feel things out before I gift a quilt to someone, so I know we will both be happy. Now, I love handmade stuff too, but must admit, I have one DSIL, love her alot, & she quilts & makes stuff too, & over the years, she has continually given me the weirdest, tackiest stuff, you just can't imagine. Thank goodness we live across the US from each other, so I am a gracious receiver, & tuck it all away. I keep telling DH, I hope she just quits making me things! She loves stuff I do, or raves about it online to me anyway, so I have a quilt in mind for her, & I think she will be shocked, once it's done & I give it to them. It is definitely going to be her taste, & fit her to a tee, unlike the things she chooses to send me. I still love her though & compliment all she sends, so I stay nice about it. Now my son, when he got an apt., I mentioned, oh, I will have to make you a quilt. He said, what do I need a quilt for? Okay, lol, he has yet to receive a quilt from me. He does occasionally comment, positively, about ones I have done & post pics of online though, so who knows. Someday, maybe. I told my sweet SD, that it's not that I don't want to give her one, but have no idea what she would like. If she came to visit & said, oh, I love that one, then I would probably just hand it to her & say, take it home with you! So, over the years, I have learned to be careful too, much easier on both ends that way, I think....