My young grands get panel quilts made with their favorite character or theme at the time. Dinos, trucks, race cars, sports, animals, etc. They love them. I made each of them a nice baby quilt to suit their moms nursery theme. After that is is wild colors and fun. Older kids like rag quilts with flannel backing. I have never had a teen not use a rag quilt in their favorite colors or theme. My niece who is a young adult asked for a new rag quilt last week made from Nightmare Before Christmas fabric.

Forget about the kids .... I've always wanted a Minky backed quilt! Just for Me!! :)
Just haven't treated myself in that way ... yet!


Sometimes we all need to reassess .... as to who? gets what? and when?
And we may come out the other side with a whole different perspective.

Sometimes the reassessment needs to be as to whether the recipients do not like quilts? or is it that they love and treasure them so much, they fear using them? Possibly another new perspective.


Then with those new perspectives, come up with our own new strategies.
Maybe continue the giveaways? Maybe not? Maybe to different/new recipients?
Maybe make different types/styles/designs of quilts?


Good Luck, as you think things through.

I always wash my quilts in the washing machine on regular cycle, then throw them in the dryer on regular cycle before I gift them and I tell the recipient that that is what I did, and it most certainly can be done again, and I hope they enjoy this quilt, and it is perfectly ok to wash it.

I wash all my quilts before giving. I tell the person to toss in washer and dryer but only when dirty or smelly.

I just use those plush soft snuggly blankets that everyone loves for the backs of my quilts and everybody loves them. You can sometimes get ones up to 120 inches square at Costco for the same or less than what you would pay for cotton fabric for a quilt back. I can quilt them on my long arm machine - I just make sure not to stretch them.

I appreciate my grandchildren taking quilts from me when I was learning and enthusiastically gave them all those "yikes" quilts. I have no idea where they are now other than knowing where they're not - in their house. I made some crib-size quilts when my great-grandson was born and threw in a small rag quilt that I had made as a demo for my students at school. The back on that quilt is fireside so it's soft on both front and back and he has adopted it as his drag-around-use-all-the-time quilt. I don't like heavy quilting on any quilt for sleeping under as I like blankets to drape around me and assume others do as well. Sometimes even without too heavy of quilting the finished quilt is still kind of stiff. I've thought about using high loft poly batting but with a bolt of warm & natural to use it seems silly to buy batting.

Use the cuddly blankets as backing. I've made a few quilts for kids. FLeece backing is soft and warm

My sister in law uses the Halloween quilt I made for her to use with her grandkids for picnics and beach days. I think that's great!

I found 101 Dalmatians flannel fabric - just could not resist since it was one of my favorite films growing up. Wasn't sure what to do with it - so I made a changing pad for my new granddaughter with the waterproof fabric on the back and the other yard and a half I bought white fleece - quilted it together and added a binding. My 2 year old grandson loves it. It's not fancy - but who cares, it's loved and that is all that matters.

Our loving something doesn't mean that everyone does. Many younger people love microfiber sheets and fleece blankets; I don't like either.

I wouldn't make someone a quilt without finding out if they (or their parents) want one, first. My joy in choosing fabric, sewing blocks, assembling the quilt doesn't translate to someone else appreciating or wanting it. That doesn't make them wrong, or mean that they intend to hurt me. Their tastes are different, is all.