Originally Posted by
auntpiggylpn
If you don't want to make them, then don't. You have no obligation to fulfill every request for a quilt, no matter who the asker is. I would tell your niece that have many projects going and know that you wouldn't be able to get to them in a timely manner. If she's miffed, that's her problem not yours. You could refer her to a LQS who might have names of quilters who are looking for business. She might not want the quilts made once she knows how much someone really would charge her.
This is my suggestion, too. I'd simply say I don't sew for others. If they press, then say you don't have time, or my usual reply is that I'm afraid I couldn't please someone else and prefer not to have that pressure. Having said that, I did find myself trapped not long ago in agreeing to redo some drapes for a long time friend's daughter who "doesn't sew". It never came to pass, thankfully, perhaps because the daughter, who "doesn't sew," didn't really want me messing with her drapes! Which suited me down to the ground; I was already trying to figure a way out of it.