quiltlonger

I have a quilter friend who loves QVC shopping channel, she started using it for quilt color ideas and patterns now she buys her quilts there! Complains can't compete with a King size with free shams and tote for $39.00 with free shipping! and tole free call,,and about 20 minutes watching tv for the perfect quilt who can?? It is not only money and time it is the emotions I think we put into the quilt that makes it so much more valuable

Terryl

Sounds EXACTLY like my family and friends :lol: :roll: :lol:

bigsister63

You should be giving a gift to make the receipent happy not to get compliments for yourself. Do you feel the same way about no appreciation when you give a store bought gift that you may have spent a lot of money on?. What do you expect person to do - jump up and down when they receive you quilt. The quilt should be made with love and given with love with no other expectations. Sounds like you are giving gifts for the wrong reason.

EIQuilter

My family is well educated and every quilt I've given has been appreciated. Some are now well-worn with use, and that's okay, because I don't make them to be showpieces! That being said, though, I think we have to understand and accept that not everyone has the same love affair with quilts that we do. Yes, they take many hours and $$ and love, but that doesn't automatically make them a treasured item in everyone's eyes.

It's like any art - we have our own tastes and preferences. And if the recipient isn't someone who cares for items made by hand (whether it be quilts, wood carving, knitted/ crocheted items, watercolor paintings, etc.), that's their choice. Yes, it means a lot to us to make something for them, but if they don't accept the gift with the same enthusiasm, we shouldn't be upset about it. We shouldn't expect them to suddenly fall in love with a quilt just because we made it for them.

It hurts to give a gift and have it "rejected," so before I make a quilt for someone, I make sure it is someone who really does want one because they love the idea of having something I made and will appreciate the love and time put into it.

EIQuilter

P.S. By "well educated" in my previous post, I mean my family is aware of the value of the work I put into my quilts!

donnaree59

Funny this came up today... I was looking at my quilts in my album on Facebook and saw several quilts that had never been acknowledged as being received. I make mainly baby quilts and have made several for my son's younger friends. Just wonder what they are being used for, if at all.

Then, I do have several people I see using my quilts almost exclusively for their kids. That makes my heart feel good!

cathyvv

You more than thought about your husbands grandmother - you turned your thoughts into a gift of love! This post brought tears to my eyes - and I am not the 'teary' kind!

needles72

I think you have to be involved in a craft in order to really appreciate the work & love that goes into making something with your own hands & many people do not. My DIL gave her sister a beautiful counted cross stitch piece (but didn't frame it) & later saw it being used as a dishrag! I was mortified when she told me this. The charities really appreciate simple lap robes & quilts. I just love to create something, but if I make something really special, it goes to someone really special !!

pumpkinpatchquilter

As a matter of fact I do expect the recipient to jump up and down, and if they don't I snatch up the quilt and bring it back home with me. LMAO*

I think it can just be hurtful sometimes when you spend hours and hours on a quilt to find it wadded up and chewed on in the dogs pen. Don't you make an attempt to show people how much you appreciate the gift they gave you, hand made or not? Lol* I think that's just a nice thing to do. ;) Like setting out a photo frame someone gave you on the mantel so they know it's special to you when they come to visit. I certainly don't want to give any gift to anyone if they aren't going appreciate it...be it a quilt or a pack of pencils from the dollar tree! LOL*

quilterchibb

If I want to make a quilt for someone I do. If they don't appreciate it I just wont make them another one. Plus you never know who will and wont appreciate them. I wasn't going to make my brother and his wife one because I was sure they would let the dogs sleep on it, but the quilt I made for my nephew, as a graduation gift, they held onto it when he moved out so he wouldn't wreck it because it was special "he would want it someday". I never thought they would care. So who knows?