Originally Posted by jbsstrawberry
Way pretty quilts everyone!!! Such wonderful talent you all have!! I thought I'd let y'all know, I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting the little preemie gal that recieved the redwork quilt. When I took it to the ladies group that sew for the NICU I had wanted it to go to, they refused it. Stating that it wasn't "sewn properly" whatever that means LOL But, one of the ladies found me afterwards and asked if she could give it to a gal who had just delivered a preemie, and was in great need of items for the baby. I was thrilled to death. Well, at our local PTO sponsored Easter Egg hunt said lady came to me and said..."theres the baby that got the quilt." I got to coo at her and even got to hold her for a second. Mama doesn't know who the quilt came from, which is how I prefer it to be, but you can bet that sweet little angel will be getting more stuff in the near future!! I'll just give the items to the same sweet lady for delivery. I'm thinking a new Spring outfit is in order soon :D
What a sweet story!
Ya know...the NICU lost out on something good, but the little angel that got the quilt has a BIG angel to help her out now.
I was asked to make a few "baby" quilts for the local hospital. Ok, not a problem. Used scraps I had, made sure they were all in compliance with measurements, cleanliness and whatever else they wanted. I made 4 of them. They would only take 3. WHY? Because one of them didn't fold exactly right. It was off about 1/2 inch. When I had noticed this, I didn't have time to take it apart/cut and fix it. I just batted/backed and binded/quilted the thing. It was cute! At least I thought it was. They didn't like it because it didn't fold right. Oh well, their loss. I gave the little quilt to my neighbor who had her baby a couple months before. She LOVED it! Needless to say, I wouldn't make any more quilts for the hospital. They even called me (the same lady who refused the 1 quilt) and asked if I would make a few more. NOPE!!!
Nobody is perfect and neither are ANY of my quilts. There is always a flaw in there somewhere. I may notice it, but other may not, but this quilt snob found it. UGH!