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Old 09-22-2010, 03:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Fancy Nancy
i am feeling really really guilty and selfish - i just finished up a quilt top i was making for a gift and i just can't part with it. i really never make myself any quilts to keep but i really want to keep this one (it was also one that involved a lot of piece work etc). so - thinking of just making a dif one for my gift quilt. being selfish, huh? does anyone else ever do that?
NO, you are NOT being selfish, I make to sell for dog rescue, but as am not always well fellin love with an xmas quilt I did ,right size to cover me SO after much soul searching I kept it ---------after all I did pay and make it , SO DON'T FEEL QUILTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 09-22-2010, 03:44 AM
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If you love it that much, keep it, and make something else for the other person. There is nothing wrong with keeping something that means so much to you!
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Old 09-22-2010, 03:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Fancy Nancy
i am feeling really really guilty and selfish - i just finished up a quilt top i was making for a gift and i just can't part with it. i really never make myself any quilts to keep but i really want to keep this one (it was also one that involved a lot of piece work etc). so - thinking of just making a dif one for my gift quilt. being selfish, huh? does anyone else ever do that?
This kind of fits in with another thread. I would say, give it to the person who would appreciate it most, and if that is you than that is where the quilt should be. Don't make such a fussy to make quilt for the gift. I like log cabins for gifts, look impressive but are easy to make.
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Old 09-22-2010, 04:29 AM
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being able to quilt/sew is a gift for God, lots of people can't do it....you're not being selfish I have 5 of the 100's I've made.
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Old 09-22-2010, 04:39 AM
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So much love, so much thought, so many tiny victories and perhaps many larger failures as the work begins It is so absorbing. This goes until the completion of the quilt and then I realize how very affectionate I feel towards the quilt. Can't wait to pull it over my shoulders for a delighted snooze. Give it away! Oh NO! People really have very little time to give to really appreciate as in this world they are swiftly moving on to the next thing.I'll never forget that it took me two years, and three sessions of illness to professionally pull together my family history. The next year I went to a family wedding where all the recipients were and NOT ONE even mentioned it to me. I suspect that I might have done the same in years past. So I really can't fault human nature and the speed of life. But I can freely keep my quilting work.
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Old 09-22-2010, 04:47 AM
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Why can't you keep it. If you love it, it should be yours. No guilt!
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Old 09-22-2010, 05:14 AM
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Sure! You need a portfolio, right?
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Old 09-22-2010, 05:18 AM
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Sure! You need a portfolio, right?
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Old 09-22-2010, 05:18 AM
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We are mad aren't we? Almost every quilt I make I want to keep at some point!!! Just OCCASIONALLY, why shouldn't we!!!

ITS YOUR QUILT!!!

would love to see it!
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Old 09-22-2010, 05:27 AM
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I've been asked if I ever keep a quilt for my self and
the answer is always no.
That is until I went shopping this week and found the
most beautiful fabric.
At that moment I knew I was going to use this
to make my self a quilt. I'm so excited about this
and can hardly wait to get started.
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