This is a line of conversation that I could have started! We have a large extended combined family. My goal was to make the 3 children, 9 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren each a quilt. Well, I received 1 actual thank you letter and that was from the 7 y/o daughter of a second cousin. I have even called some of the adults to make sure they got the quilt since I hadn't heard from them.The last quilt for gg daughter is ready to mail for this Christmas. And yes, the dogs get on the beds where the quilt are...
The kids quilts are smaller and I can quilt them myself. The adults receive Queen size quilts cost about $200 to just for the quilting!
From this forum I learned of the downy.com quilts for kids foundation. Now I quilt and know the quilts will be used and enjoyed by the kids who receive them. And yes, you receive a thank you note for each quilt! I will continue to make quilts for others, but I will be keeping a total of hours I work on them! Thanks for that suggestion/idea.
I do receive thank you notes from friends for whom I make quilts.