Originally Posted by TanyaLynn
Do you want to be able to say "I made her a quilt and I have done all I can to keep the family together", or do you want to be able to say "I made her a quilt I thought she would love"? Obviously she doesn't love/like flowers on fabric. Why would you use it? To spite her? It would be better to replace it with a solid than use a fabric you know she has already said she doesn't like. Where is the love in that? If the cost of the fabric is really the issue then sell the floral fabric and save up for the replacement fabric. People love quilts because of how the finished product looks, not because of the hours that was put into them - otherwise we would all cherish the child made products in the stores. What could be made more dearly than the labor of a child? It's a hard world.
I did not choose the flowers to spit her, I had asked on 3 seperate occasions, her ideas, what would she be interested in, colors, items, I wanted to have it personal to her likes. She first asked me at the time, if I could make skulls. I said I would look around for fabric. She told me, wait a minute, make it half country and half skulls. I said, I don't think that would look too well together. She said her boyfriend liked skulls. I told her well the quilt I was planning is one for you. I looked and looked and could not find anything I thought would suit my sister. I called and asked her again. She told me, well I like red, black and white. I said ok, that gives me something better to go on. I did not know what her view of country was, and when I asked her she was vague. I told her when we went across country to visit with our grandchildren, and I was near a quilt shop. I would look into something with red, black, and white, after a few hours in the quilt shop, DH put together this fabric. When I got home, I told her about it and everything was ok. When I sent her pictures, that is when she started tossing around about cowboys, horses, cowboy boots and things like that. I am making this quilt, because I love both my sisters and don't like to treat one better then the other. I know, no matter what fabric I chose, she would not be happy with it, she would always ask me to get something different. I've decided to make her the quilt. It's being made with both love from my heart and my love for making her a beautiful quilt. I don't think that making a quilt is anything to keep our family together. I don't think it ever will be, the 3 of us are separated by many miles.