I've been really lucky so far. I've only given a couple of quilts away and they were loved. I have though, given my sister a couple of gifts that even though she thanked me I could tell by her face it wasn't her. After that I told her that if I ever give her anything she didn't like she was welcome to give it to her kids or grandkids and I was fine with that. She said it wasn't that she didn't like what I gave her it just wasn't her style. I was hesitant to make her a quilt but when I found a fabric that I thought she'd like I made a sample of it w/the cathedral window and took it home with me to show her what I was working on. She said now that I like; so guess what she's getting for Christmas. I know she appreciated what I had given her in the past and I know she would have kept them so I wanted to give her the option of getting rid of them to others in the family and having 3 kids and 12 grandkids it was easy to do.