Originally Posted by
bakermom
Give the gifts from the registry. The quilts can be "meet the baby" gifts after they are born
This is what I would do. Since most of the people there are not quilters or even sew, they might not really be able to visualize how the finished quilt would look. I've run into that when people are at my house and catch site of a quilt top on the design wall or laying over the banister. Then when they see the finished product, they are surprised.