HOW DO YOU USE YOUR QUILTS?
#21
I use all of my quilts, on the beds as blankets and bedspreads. I use them as lap quilts , wall hangings, I think they make a house a home. When I make quilts for people I make sure they are in the colors they like, because I find they will use them.
#22
Originally Posted by Ardelle Coult
When I make a quilt it is always for use as a bed spread and I never use it as a blanket. However, most of the time when I make a quilt for one of my daughters or grandchildren they use them a blankets.
Just wondering how everyone else feels about this.
Just wondering how everyone else feels about this.
#24
Angry? Not a chance. I love that my offspring love my quilts. I was just wondering how all of you used the quilts you made. I have nine grandchildren and they are all on their third quilts, so you know that they have been used and loved.
#25
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Winchester, Tn.
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I make mine to be used. My DH and I sleep under a king sized one I made every night. I use it as a bedspread but I don't take it off at night. I don't like scratchy blankets and don't even own one.
#26
Originally Posted by Ardelle Coult
When I make a quilt it is always for use as a bed spread and I never use it as a blanket. However, most of the time when I make a quilt for one of my daughters or grandchildren they use them a blankets.
Just wondering how everyone else feels about this.
Just wondering how everyone else feels about this.
#27
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Idaho
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I make them to be used also, it doesn't always happen. I made a baby quilt for a great niece. They won't use it, but they did put it on the wall which I guess in a way they use it. I made quilts for two more great nieces and these have to stay on the bed. So, I solved this by making each of the nieces a quilted fleece blankie and my sister delivered them. She told the kids in front of the parents that their Auntie said they could use them whenever and wherever they wanted. What could the parents say and the girls just love them. Now I need to get one finished for one of their brothers because he was very jealous of the girls. I didn't think he would appreciate the pink that girls received, so I have a blue with cars I will make for him.
The reason I don't use a couple of my Mom's quilts is that I have 4 quilts she made and I am alone now and only have one hospital type bed. My Mom has been gone for about 6 years and I really want to display these two quilts. I would like to be able to hand them down to Mom's greatgrandchildren when the time comes because they will be very special to the girls in remembrance of her. My Mom was very close to her first grandson because we all helped take care of him when he was little, and I want these quilts for his daughters. I quilted a stack and whack top that mom Mom had made and gave it to him and his wife for their wedding. It was a beautiful quilt and is very special to him.
The reason I don't use a couple of my Mom's quilts is that I have 4 quilts she made and I am alone now and only have one hospital type bed. My Mom has been gone for about 6 years and I really want to display these two quilts. I would like to be able to hand them down to Mom's greatgrandchildren when the time comes because they will be very special to the girls in remembrance of her. My Mom was very close to her first grandson because we all helped take care of him when he was little, and I want these quilts for his daughters. I quilted a stack and whack top that mom Mom had made and gave it to him and his wife for their wedding. It was a beautiful quilt and is very special to him.
#28
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 358
Mine are used as wall hangings, on back of furniture. Bed quilts are used however the recipient chooses. I remember making my middle DS a quilt that he slept under every night. When he was going through the pimply teenage years he got some acne cream on it that resulted in bleach type marks on the dark blue border. I was cross when I saw it then quickly realised that it will always be a reminder of a special time in his life. I still smile and have lovely memories every time I look at that quilt. He is now 30 this month.
Colleen
Colleen
#29
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
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the big dragonfly quilt i made my daughter for her wedding gift i put a hanging sleeve on, when it is not needed on the bed she hangs it over her sliding glass door in her room, so she can just enjoy it...
she does not take down her insulated drapes so it is not being damaged by the sun and helps keep the room cool.
she does not take down her insulated drapes so it is not being damaged by the sun and helps keep the room cool.
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