valleyquiltermo

Oh my, I would have brought them all home. I always do then I pass them on to someone who will love it.
I have so many quilts looking for the right home. I do hope my husband or daughter will gift them to those who will love them should I go to my reward before them. Then I have so many quilts my granny made and my moma made whom I taught how to make quilts, I pray someone in the family will carry them off to be loved as much as I loved them.

Chester the bunny

You just never know.
I visited my sister a couple of weeks ago. Had not been to her home for almost 15 years. (We live across the country from one another) Her daughter who is in her mid 20's is expecting her first child. I brought her a quilt and she loved it. I then mentioned that my work was a little better now than when I first started quilting and explainted to her the quilt that I had sent her mom when she was born and could only imagine how it probably fell apart after only a few washes. To my surprise, my sister went upstairs and came down with the little quilt that I had made for her daughter, raggetty seams and all, stains and the 4 corner yarn pieces still there that held the quilt together (no other quilting whatsoever to hold that thing together) My point is that you never know who will love and treasure your efforts, so give with all your heart and let your heart rejoice when you find out that it mattered to them that you made something.

Carole

Sunnie

My thoughts exactly.

judi wess

This is why I am so careful as to whom I give any of my work. I know that my work may not be stellar but a lot of time, effort and creativity go into each one.

sewmerry

I made an envelope quilt for my niece when she had her first baby. It was mostly hand stitched and took me several years to finish as I had small children myself and didn't work on it for periods of time. It turned out to be a beautiful blanket and now that my niece has her own grandchildren , I asked the DIL if she got the baby quilt and didn't know what I was talking about so I asked my niece if she still had it and she said she did but took it down from the wall when she aquired DILs as she was not passing it on til she was ready to . She says it is HERS. So I would guess she appreciated it.

ShirlinAZ

I was once young and dumb and felt the same way. Then I grew up and realized that a home needed to be warm with personal things, not cold like a magazine picture. Perhaps this young mother will some day grow up and regret letting go of the personal things.

Fortunately I was sentimental and just kept the personal things in a closet until I realized their worth.

cpcarolyn

It is hurtful when people don't appricate our quilts. But I think it is important to remember why we quilt. I quilt for the love of making quilts. My quilts are like my children that once sent out into the world have a life of their own. I have pictures and memoriess of each one and thats enough. The rest I have no control over.

omaluvs2quilt

Very well said!

Tippysmom

I saw a small lap quilt at a garage sale, asked (very casually) how much it was. $2.00. I grabbed it! It was a panel, but the quilting was hand done and the theme was cats....I had to have it. No information about it, but I love that little piece of art and it is safe at home with me.

I, too, would have snapped up as many of those quilts as possible.

Friday1961

What a lovely story of a truly appreciative giftee. Thanks for sharing it with us.