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Originally Posted by huntannette
i always start out making it for myself...but thy always end up with someone else!!! lol
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I have made a couple for myself now. Sometimes I feel guilty spending the money for me. Now, I've got wall hangings to be hung, and no where to hang them. So, they just pile up and sit in the closet. :(
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I've made one for our bed and a lap quilt for each DH and myself, one for the guest room. I have fabrics for another quilt for each of the beds.
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Oh Yes! The problem is I always make for others first.......I received a quilt from a friend for Christmas one year....it is one of my most cherished posessions.I love it....it must have taken her hours....pineapple quilt.
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Me, too! I've been quilting for 11 years, and 2 years ago my husband asked me if I knew anybody who made quilts. I couldn't figure out what he was getting at, but he said we needed one for our bed, and he was just wondering if I knew anybody that would do it.
That did it! I made us a quilt. I've since made us a couple more.
Originally Posted by incoming2me
yourself?
I've made many quilts. Quilts for parents, in-laws, family, new babies, friends, charities, etc. ? |
use your fabric and see the happiness it will bring to her face
you can always keep a piece and nake yourself something |
I just made one for myself. We have several around the house for different uses (bedspreads, annual anniversary quilts for my husband, petspreads/quilts for furniture) but this one is 'mine' for when I'm sitting in a recliner & reading. I have made a couple of wallhangings we're keeping (complex paper-piecing &/or art quilts). All others find homes: family & friends' gifts, or who might request a quilt project. I'm gifting some that are perfect for charitable causes too.
We can only 'use' so many and storing them is like having fancy china that's never used. May as well enjoy them or be sure someone does! |
I know that shop--beautiful Moda fabrics! Glad you're making one for you!
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Once, on a Shop Hop, I found a Take 5 kit in animal prints that I loved, so I bought it and made it for myself and I use it in the family room when I am watching TV in cold weather.
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Originally Posted by incoming2me
yourself?
I've made many quilts. Quilts for parents, in-laws, family, new babies, friends, charities, etc. I have tons of fabric that I absolutely love and for some reason there are a few pieces that can't bring myself to CUT. (duh, that's the reason I bought it. right? - at least I'm pretty sure that was my intention when I fell in love with it.) SO.. DMIL was here from Indiana last week. (sweating her booty off in S.E. Texas!) I took her to a quilt shop in Old Town Spring. It's stacked 3 and 4 bolts high throughout 2 houses. ALL Moda fabric. http://grsfabrics.com/ Well.. I made a decision. I bought 3 charm packs and 2 cuts of coordinating fabric. I've given myself express permission to CUT this fabric and MAKE something of it! Come hell or high water, I'm determined to make a lap quilt for myself. It feels kinda good to assert myself to do one for ME for a change. :) Code:
Of course...now I'm feeling a little guilty and selfish. UGH! What a complex. |
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