Originally Posted by Willa
Personally, I must be the only one here and I don't mean to offend anyone, but I appreciate a pieced quilt much more than a panel. I know a lot more work goes into most all pieced than the panel although there are exceptions. I do feel panel quilts are good for children. They can have their favorite toons with them and yours sounds like it would be perfect for your grandson at this time.
I get what you are saying about pieced versus panel quilts, and I think you are correct in that I have a feeling the Mother wants a pieced quilt to be an heirloom for her son. However, I wouldn't be quick to spend the time, money, and energy it takes to a pieced quilt for a small child. That's just me though. Kids are tough on quilts and with all the washing that a quilt loved by a child will need, I'd hate to see all that wear and tear on a quilt that Grandma spent hours and hours on. My daughter has spilled juice, snacks, and even been sick on her quilt...I'm awful glad that it's just a bow tie quilt that I pieced together one evening from scraps!
I think the real hurt from comments like this from a family member is that when you are on the recieving end, in my humble opinion, you might want to accept a little more graciously when a gift has taken so much time and energy to create. Daughter probably didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings here, but I can completey relate as I have a relative that I have made several quilts and about a half dozen wallhangings/runners for who still isn't pleased. After a while you kind of want to just say, "Hey, I'm the one making all this stuff, and you get what you get!" Complaints and critisisms can take the fun out of giving! ;)