The first response to this posting says what I think. I've seen many quilters take a quilt to a baby shower and come home disappointed because the to-be-mom didn't rave enough about it. How could she and how selfish to think she would. To rave about one gift among many at a shower would make others feel their gifts weren't enough. If you want or need that kind of validation, give your baby quilt when no one else is around. My DIL has a grandmother who expects that kind of validation. She actually told me after a baby shower for my DIL that she was disappointed that my DIL didn't make over the quilt much. I don't back up from stuff like this--tell it like it is. I told her my DIL didn't because it would have been improper to do at the time. I also told her to wait until she gets the thank you note and I was sure then she would realize how important the quilt was to my DIL (her granddaughter).