Originally Posted by
FayZ
Thank you all for your help. There are lots of good ideas. I will be checking them out tomarrow while hubby watches football.
Instead of assuming what her definition of "busy" is, ask her.
Then using that definition, find some examples that might be acceptable.
Many of the old fashioned traditional quilts could still be made as non-busy (according to my definition!!), just by choosing simplicity of colours/fabrics, and not doing them as scrappy.
Probably the most non-busy quilt would be a "whole-cloth" where it is all one fabric/colour, with just quilting. Some of those are true masterpieces!
Keep in mind, that perhaps maybe she simply does not want a quilt!
And respect her for that.