Originally Posted by helou

I was surprised when my SIL asked me if I could make her a quilt... " you like to quilt, would you make me one"
She has been my sister in law for almost 50 years (I only have one brother) and she is not into craft at all. When I told her how much it costs to make a quilt and that I would have to buy fabrics for it and it sells between 10 and 19$ a meter, she said "there's no price too high for a quilt" I suggested that I could go in a fabric store with her so she could indicate to me what color, fabrics, she likes... She spontaneously denied this offer as her knowledge and skills with thread and needles are close to none. She relied on me to buy what I needed

Using the computer I browse through some quilts pictures and she pointed out some that she likes... she could not answer me when I asked her what she liked in them... the colors or the pattern..

she could finally decide that she liked dusty pink and light green as colors and picked up some from leftover fabrics I already had, as colors she liked.

this is the first quilt I make with someone in mind and I realized I don't like to do "commissioned" quilt ... will it be as I think I want it to be, will they like it, will it be the right size etc.... anyway...

I had it sandwiched and partly machine quilted on my DSM when she came for a visit and she liked it she said: Yes, this is it"

the surprise I had for her was the back side that I decided I would do what I wanted. To make sure she would not sell it or give it away as I know her for having done that in the past, I sewd some fabric pictures as a kind of family tree
their wedding pictures, my brother and her with their 3 teen aged daughters, and 3 pictures of each of their daughters and their own family

she was in shock when she saw the back of the quilt and she said.... the girls will have a fight figuring out which one of them will inherited it... we just laughed

she likes it, I am happy to have surprised her with something she did not expect and I am delivering it to her in Montréal this coming week end..
Yessssss!

decision made: this is the first and (hopefully) the last one I make at somebody's request... haha I intend to make quilts and if someone likes them, they can have them but my choice, my inspiration and having fun making them... (wink**)[ATTACH=CONFIG]539910[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]539911[/ATTACH]

I forgot to mention this is inspired by Delectable mountains by Eleanor Burns

and yes there are mistakes that I noticed afterward and it's fine with me I can live with them and my next one will be better, I hope!