I'm lucky - both of my grandmothers were quilters so my entire family was raised with an abundance of homemade quilts. Nobody else in my family is a quilter now, and both grandmothers have passed away, so there are a lot of people in my family who are missing getting quilts made with love.
So my quilts have been greeted with an abundance of love and excitement, at least the ones I've given within my own family. They all "get it", and all my aunts & uncles (on both sides) have lots of fond memories of watching their moms make quilts. Every time it comes up at a gathering I'm told over how glad everybody is that someone in the family became a quilter to keep up the tradition (again, on both sides!) We're a sentimental bunch.
I honestly can't make quilts fast enough, I have a mountain of fabric cut from my grandma's handmade dresses that I'm working on turning into quilts for each of my aunts & uncles on that side of the family...but there were 30 dresses, and she had six children. That's a lot of quilts that I need to get done!