Originally Posted by gaigai
Sorry, nope, don't label my quilts and don't intend to start.
I am with you on this one. My family constantly bugs me to lable them. My stand on this issue with them is clear. I intended them to be consumed in my lifetime, not put on a shelf for a generation who never knew me to pull out and possibly discard, rarely if ever having seen the light of day.
My family all sews and knows the hours that go into each one, so although I can appreciate the reverence given... I have taken to threatening them with tossing a cup of spagetti sauce on them myself if thats what it takes to get them to use them. Additionally, I tell them if they can not see themselves using the quilt , donate it to a charity so it can be raffled , auctioned or otherwise put to its best use. Putting it on a shelf, is not this creators intention, nor do I consider it .. its best use.
I will admit that it was only under the "spagetti sauce" threat that ... the quilts came out of the closet.