I had an incident with my step-son when he got re-married. I spent months working on a quilt for them and using quality fabric so the cost wasn't "cheap".
They loved it when they opened it, put it on their bed right away....excited to have a hand-made quilt.... all the usual thank you's! It made me happy they liked it.
That winter, at a family funeral (of all things), my step-son asked me if I used Wal-mart batting in their quilt because it wasn't warm.
Not knowing how to respond (partially due to the grieving of my brother-in-law), I just said "you need a little more fat on your bodies and NO NOT Walmart batting". I was so upset and hurt.
Just because we live on a tight Soc.Sec. budget, I wanted to give them a nice wedding gift. Then to hear that, it crushed me.
Bottomline..... no more handcrafted items from me.