i made this quilt for my niece last year and didnt even get a thank you!!

I find so many younger people do not send thank you notes. I was going to do some quilting for a niece, but decided at 26 she wouldn't appreciate it.

That is really pretty, lots of time in it.

So sorry! It's beautiful

So sorry! It's beautiful

That is just beautiful, and can't imagine how many hours you spent on it. I agree that people just do not send thank yous. My avatar is a quilt that I gave a niece for a wedding gift a year ago, and know that I will never receive a thank you, but, I take joy in having made it and gifted it. And keep on making and gifting, because of the pleasure that it gives me.

that is so Beautiful, what ashame you were not thanked!!!

Seems to me that the younger generation are not taught by their parents the value of a thank you. I to have grandchildren that I have made things for and plenty of store bought items for birthdays, christmas, etc. and never got so much as an acknowledgement they received them. I now just give them a gift card and they can get what they want. Still get no thank you for that either.

Thank you for showing it to us! Its gorgeous. I'm sure she loves it, sometimes life just gets in the way and we forget our manners.

When we had bridal shower for nephew and his bride to be, I got a thank you with in the week. It's been two months and she will be soon back to school teaching. I just thought they would take care of notes before then.

I have tried and tried and tried to teach my children to send thank you notes. I've even told them they were not allowed to touch the gift until they wrote a note. My oldest son has finally started sending a short "Thanks" on Facebook, sigh.

My mom told me her two brothers never sent thank-you notes and could not figure out why they stopped receiving gifts.

Your quilt is beautiful.

It's beautiful.

That is not an easy quilt to do. It is a gorgeous design. The fabrics are wonderful.

The niece needs a lesson in manners.

Any chance of hinting to the Mother that you think her daughter didn't like it since you never got a thank you.

That is a beautiful quilt and clearly you did A LOT of work and time in to it. I agree that the younger generation does not say thank you when they should as well..... however I would be bold enough to get back with the bride or her mother and find out ...if it is not something that fits into her "decor" then you would gladly take it back and get her a gift card. That way you can at least find out if she is going to keep it or give it away.
Just my thoughts.
Rose

oh gosh and that was a big one too! I would question her if she ever got it due to all the time and money you spent on it......

Anymore when I make a quilt for others I just don't even expect a thank you...I enjoy the process. If I do get one it is a huge bonus! Sometimes we set our stage expecting things to happen when they don't we get upset. Now I try not to set my stage and when something nice happens like a thank you it means twice as much!

very pretty
a lot of people that don't sew don't have a clue about how much time and work go into making anything. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

How very pretty the quilt is!!! I'm SVS your niece didn't acknowledge your efforts to make such a beautiful and loving gift.

..... however I would be bold enough to get back with the bride or her mother and find out ...if it is not something that fits into her "decor" then you would gladly take it back and get her a gift card. That way you can at least find out if she is going to keep it or give it away.
Just my thoughts.
Rose[/quote]

I'm with Rose...I would call the girl herself and ask her if she received it or not and say that if she didn't like it I would gladly take it back and give her a gift card. It would also be the last quilt she got from me.

A beautiful quilt and maybe, just maybe someday she will appreciate it.

so sorry young people now days just hardly send thank you its a gorgeous quilt

Wow that is beautiful sorry she didnt show appreciation

That is lovely!!! Great job!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Love the ribbony effect of your quilt!
And blue is my color!!!
I would definitely check to see if it was received!!

I get a lot of pleasure making charity quilts. I don't expect a thank you and feel fairly certain my efforts are actually appreciated. The quilt is gorgeous.

It's beautiful. That happens a lot of the time.

Beautiful quilt! :D:D:D

The quilt looks very time consuming & beautiful. I can't understand why people can't say thank you. It 'bugs me'.
It upsets me. It angers me. I think it is rude. It is very disappointing.

I'm with Rose...I would call the girl herself and ask her if she received it or not and say that if she didn't like it I would gladly take it back and give her a gift card. It would also be the last quilt she got from me.[/quote]

I made 2 wedding quilts last year...the one, the card came off and they had to try to figure out who made it...it was 1 of 3 people...but the thank you came by phone the night they figured it out, and in writing a month or so later. The other quilt, to the 1st grooms brother and wife...I got a thank you note a couple of months after the wedding..."Thanking me for my generous gift.." They never even acknowledged that the gift was a quilt.
This couple is now pregnant...if he wasn't the son of my bff...I would get him a target gift card and blow it off...but that would hurt her feelings...and I won't do that.

Absolutely gorgeous!!! To bad that your niece doesn't have the manners to properly thank you, but, at least now you know not to get her any more gifts, and even if she didn't thank you, her husband should have.

Where did you get the pattern or is it one of your own designs?

the pattern was in QUILT magazine think it was may/june 2008
they use it as a backdrop behind gammill long arms.

Evidently there is an epidemic of people who are rude...So many forget to say thanks!!

jane, the gift was received, i was even at the wedding!! but left before it was all over, but im still irked over it.

I love it! But, I hate when people don't care enough to say thank you for a gift or something you do for them. I have step-daughters like that, and they get right upset when I try to suggest that it's a good thing to say thank you.

Ive given up on thank yous, and just go on. Your quilt is lovely. DEB

You know, I too have been guilty about sending thank you notes.It is embarassing now. Always trying to phrase the letter in my mind and never getting there. Now I try to make sure I send thank you notes for every thing. Perhaps people learn to write from the joy of receiving an appreciative note. Some of the problem also lies with the speed of the world they live in, always on to another activity

Really a pretty quilt. I have 2 neices who don't appreciate anything. I stopped giving.

Not pretty, not lovely, plain and simple GORGEOUS!!! What a shame she did not seem to appreciate it enough to send a thank you. I would not be making anything else for her just on principal.

I am so sorry.

Sorry, she did not acknowledge the quilt. It is beauitul. Next time, make her another one and donate it to your favorite charity in her name...and have the charity send her a thank you note...to show how they appreciate your quilts!!!

Wow, I saw that quilt printed and read the directions at the time and realized it was a whole lot of work!!!!!!!
I give you gold stars for making it!!!! Have you spoken to the "bride" or her mom/dad (which one is your sibling) since? I would have to make a comment----but then I am "famous" with my family for making "comments"...but sometimes you have to.