First off. .your quilt is stunning!! and don't let what anyone says affect you negatively.. second.. makes me wonder if he was remembering someone he'd lost who made the quilts the way he described.. sounds more like he was talking from loss and bitterness than really downing you.. or he could just be an old crumudgeon <grin> I don't know if I spelled that right or not.. but right or wrong I feel sorry for him if he is so bummed that he cannot appreciate something so beautiful..