I did the same thing with my mother this Christmas. She was pretty quiet about it. She did say it was calm enough for her to look at it since it was only two colors (too my colors and crazy patterns gives her headaches) Any one else who saw it loved it and said what a lot of work it too to just get to this point.
On the other hand I gave my mil a quilt about 4 years ago and I have only seen it on her bed once.