When my 6 six year old granddaughter said I was like an artist but didn't use paint but material.

After making quilts for three granddaughters & my son - my daughter asked "when do I get mine?"

when my MIL said I was the best daughter she could have and my SILs said, well you are our sister...

In January my SD asked me to go with her to pick out her wedding dress. When she introduced me to the clerk She said this is my Mom. I married her Dad when she was 14. It bought tears to my eyes. For the record I never use the word step. She is my daughter no if, ands, or buts.

Mine was at my LQS. I had taken my first-ever memory quilt to the store to show off--the LQS had designed the pattern that I used. A customer was standing there looking at my quilt and she turned to me and said: "I don't really like memory quilts but this is absolutely beautiful and I love it." I started crying!!

When I find out someone is sleeping under one of my quilts every night.

You're smarter than you look. :-)

You're smarter than you look. :-) Except for now. Sorry about the double post. :-(

When my Mom told me that out of all her seven kids, I was the only one that she could live with now.
She is 84 year old!

When I was learning to do stained glass, and was debating if my first angels were good enough to give as gifts, and my late DH said "They are more than good enough, but I want you to keep them. I want EVERYTHING you make!"

My kids wanting a quilt made by mama or gushing to their friends about the quilts mama makes.

yeah I thought it was quilt compliments too. not that they aren't all nice.

I designed a quilt for my late brother in law, used EQ6. I knew he would appreciate it but when he received it he called me and was almost beside himself with gratitude. He knows the value of art and purchased the work of local artists. Fred was somewhat of a "grumpy old man" so this call really made my year. As good as the call, a few weeks later I got a pkg from him, 1lb. dried cherries, 1lb chocolate covered dried cherries and a lb of his famous fudge. The cherries, by the way, came from Traverse City, Mi. Yummmm.

The best compliment I ever received was from my oldest grandson. The grandkids always loved my soup. They would rather have the soup made after Christmas using the turkey carcass than they would have Christmas dinner. They used to ask me (after they were grown and moved away) to make a pot of soup and freeze some for them. When Chris was 12 years old and I was teaching him how to make Chicken Noodle Soup, he looked at me and said, "Granny, you could put Campbells out of business".

Sorry, I have another one that ranks right up there. When my DH and I re-met (we were high school sweethearts) after being apart for 45 years, he looked at me and said, "You are just as beautiful as you always were. I would have recognized you anywhere." Of course, there were several pounds added and the hair was almost white, but he was looking through different eyes than the world does.

My husband of 56 yrs is always great with compliments....so that is a constant.
But the one that stands out came in the form of a letter from a DD going thru a rough time with her husband.She wrote us about her decision,saying how hard it was to make, because"all she'd ever wanted was a marriage like ours". It brought tears to my eyes & still does. That letter is in my box of important papers. Thank you MA.

Years ago when my son was dating a real wimp, he said "she's not like you ma, she's not a tough broad."

When I found out a friend of mine had saved all the dresses I had made for her girls as they grew up and when her oldest daughter said she couldn't wait until she had a daughter who would get her own "Aunt Jeanie" dresses.

I remember when I had given my sister a quilt runner and she put it on her table and one of our friends said she felt like she could just sit down and have a visit.

When people tell me, even a minister how beautiful my 39 yr old DD is - my only child and and this goes for my grandsons AND I don;t look my age. Must run in the family--my bro is 65 and looks 40, I will be 69 in July and an glad I do not look it--HA

When I re-sized a wedding dress. The Mom was a size 14 and her daughter (my best friend) was a size 4. I took the whole dress apart and resewed it so she could wear it on her wedding day. She just cried and cried when I gave it back to her. Of course, I was the maid of honor in that wedding too !!

When I've been told I'm the 'professional' when it comes to quilting...HA. Either I must be really good, or they have never seen show quilts!

When my 20 something son threatened to kick the dog (he would never kick a dog) when it chewed a hole in the quilt I had made him. Hadn't realized he really appreciated it that much. I made two patches with embroidery on them and appliqued them over the holes. Actually made the quilt better. The dog has since found a new home.

I've had a lot through the years..but the funny one.. that stands out.. is when I did a month long quilt exhibit and put one in it..not for sale..then put a huge amount on it..20 minutes after it was hung..that amount..in cash..was offered..lol..I took the money !!