@mary: why did FIL give it back?
I made one for a friend once and she was less than thrilled. She pointed to my sampler quilt and said she'd rather have that one. I was appaled and decided "HARUMPF, it'll be a cold day in hell before she gets ANYTHING handmade from ME :twisted: " But I had to review my idea and motivation - it just wasn't a good fit. I'm glad she didn't pretend to like it and then toss it in a corner.