Originally Posted by mimom
my MIL's mother has been put in a nursing home, so doesn't remember who I am or where she is most of the time. MIL as asked me to make a quilt for Grandma. I am quite certain she does not plan on paying me anything above the cost for this. I have a pattern picked out and the fabric requirements call for more fabric than what you need. Would it be awful of me to buy (her with me) the fabric that the pattern calls for or should I use the ones I have come up with. We are talking more than an extra yard of fabric. I have many projects planned that will be put aside so I can make Grandmas quilt right away.
My opinion is that this is family and a special moment. I would do this out of the love in my heart. This is not one of those times that you think of how much should I charge her. Just put yourself in her shoes. What if it were your mother that had this problem and you ask your sister to make a quilt. Would you expect to pay her in these circumstances. I believe that there are times that we put our thoughts of profit aside for human kindness. Just my opinion.