Originally Posted by Marcia
I have made quilts for each of my granddaughters with explicit instructions to my daughters that these quilts were to BE USED!!!! I did not put all this time and energy into them for them to be put on a shelf and kept new. I wanted them to be drug around and curled up under. I made them to be loved. Last week the three oldest (who are sisters) were all home from school sick with a virus and when I stopped in to see them, they were all cuddled up under the quilts that I made them. They are a comfort to them when they do not feel good---these quilts have been thrown up on, drug through the dirt, had picnics on, been washed over and over again. Most of all, they are loved----and I would have it no other way.
Be happy, Rina, that your quilts are loved too!!!
I feel the exactly same way. While I am making the quilt, I think how wonderful it will be for the person to be using it. I would hate to think that it is put away on a shelf or in a closet somewhere and forgotten until I die or some other tragedy comes along. I think that would hurt my feelings much more than seeing my grandchild playing with it.
I don't and won't make "utility" quilts to give away, and so far I have not kept any "special" quilts because I didn't want them used (as a matter of fact, I have yet to make a quilt for myself). I make the quilts out of love for the receiver and only hope they love the quilt enough to use it! The time and money put into it was my choice because I thought of the receiver when I began the project or as I progressed through it. For me it is the joy of creating along with the joy of giving that makes them so special.
Brenda