Originally Posted by
Noiseynana
Nope, at first you don't appreciate, then forget it !!! My MIL made a king size for an idiot SIL . Beautiful hand made totally. When we went to visit about 4 or 5 months later . She had parked her van on top of it to catch the oil. She really didn't like to clean oil off the concrete. I could have cried.
When my daughter was 18, newly married, and totally clueless about quilts, my mother gave her the handpieced Lone Star that my grandmother made in the 1920's. The last time I saw it was in the trunk of her car with a couple of old batteries sitting on top of it. I told her how much I'd wanted that quilt over the years, but since my mother gave it to her, she should take better care of it. Never saw it again.