Maybe you could invite her to an 'I'd like to meet you/get to know you lunch' also invite your sister along. Have ready some pics of quilts/patterns that you might like to make a quilt out of using those beautiful fabrics and ask her if there's any she likes. If she's not a sewer/quilter maybe she just doesn't have a clue what to tell you. When my daughter was pregnant and I asked her what kind of baby quilt she would like. Her reply was "something cute". She never had an interest in sewing except to bring me pictures of clothes and say can you make me that? I once used my wooden spoon like a magic wand and waved it over her head and said, "You are that." She said, "oh, so NOT funny mom!"
