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    Old 12-28-2011, 12:35 PM
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    Donate it to a loved charity but please don't tell the person who took long hours to make something just for you.
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    Old 12-28-2011, 12:48 PM
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    I will always remember something my daddy taught us boys: "If somebody thought enough of you to give you a gift and it's nothing but a safety pin and that's all they could afford then you treat that safety pin like it's the grandest safety pin in the world."

    I would be absolutely thrilled if somebody gave me a handmade quilt no matter the colors or pattern. Just to know they thought enough of me to give me anything would be joy enough. I would cherish it; use it; and show it off.

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    Old 12-28-2011, 12:53 PM
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    Since everyone's style of decorating is usually so uniquely personal, there are many people who wouldn't want to hang a quilted piece on their wall. It would mean taking down an oil painting. There are others who probably are delighted to have a quilt under their bedspread but would never have a quilt instead of a bedspread. It seems very hard to make a quilt that fits into someone else's decor. I'm trying to make a quilt for a daughter that want it to be "non-traditional, not quilty-looking, very elequent and dressy to go with the new bedroom furniture." I expect it to end up under the bedspread after I have spent several hundred hours on it. How can you make an elequent looking quilt? Elequent is truly in the eyes of the beholder, I think. But I know she will love it, just not display it.

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    Old 12-28-2011, 01:45 PM
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    Anyone making a quilt for someone should at least know what colors are used for the guest room, bedroom, or what color the dog bed is.
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    Old 12-28-2011, 02:03 PM
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    all I want is for people to be honest. I would rather make them a quilt that they would like than give them a closet one. I tell people this when I give them the quilt. if they dont like it then let me know and i can make one that better suits them. I am actually getting ready to look for fabric for tow baby quilts. one for a baby to use when it is bigger and one for the baby to be snuggled in. I am going to take the mommy to joanns near by and see what she would like to do, they are not going to find out the sex of the baby till it is born, for the bed quilt.
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    Old 12-28-2011, 02:07 PM
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    If I received a hand made quilt that someone took the time to search for fabric, took the time to stitch the blocks, took the time to quilt the quilt, took the time to bind the quilt I would be grateful for that quilt. I dont care how sad the quilt was or how loppy it was or if it was made of sun yellow and hot pink together with splashes of purple, I would cherish that quilt as much as if it was the most beautiful quilt in the world. Someone choose me to present with a gift of their hard work and I would use that quilt even if it didn't go with a thing in my home. But that's just me.
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    Old 12-28-2011, 02:20 PM
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    If I'm making a quilt as a gift...then I get to pick the colors & pattern. If I'm making you a quilt, I probably know you pretty well and I use your personality/likes etc that I know. I also usually make it a throw to lay around on the couch and watch a movie with, not to go with your decor. I always try to make them happy & colorful and I try to make the back nice too. Unique !! If I don't get a thank you, I call them up ! I'm just that way.
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    Old 12-28-2011, 02:52 PM
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    I gave my cousin a throw for Christmas last year. When we would go shopping, she always looked for shades of purple for her clothing. And she always looked for a particular shade a green when we were looking for pottery. So I made a quilt of half triangles of shades of greens and purples with creams. She loved it! Now, I am thinking I ought to email all my sisters and cousins what colors they lean to for future Christmases!!
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    Old 12-28-2011, 03:29 PM
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    Actually, I have received an afghan that I could not stand colors or design. Used it in the bedroom for naps (which I take a lot of these days, it seems). I'm not into the matchy matchy thing in the bedroom since I don't live in there and its dark anyway. You could use it in a family room. Kids don't care if you think it's ugly. It is cuddly for watching movies. I put those afghans/quilts into a storage ottoman - perfect. They get pulled out for movie watching. I had one ugly afghan (and it is ugly - even my grandmother, the maker, said it was ugly) that I was using as a car afghan - my Mom adores it and has it now. People like different things.

    I don't have an issue with my giftees. They pick their quilts out. I just tell them that if they change their minds to let me know. I can give them something different. I love to make scrap quilts, but can't really live with them, and they are often the first to be chosen!

    For baby quilts/afghans, I just tell them that if the quilt is not to their taste or they have too much stuff to feel free to donate it to L&D dept. at our local hospitals. Many of the nurses are quilters too and they give the quilts to a needy kid. I know one mom who got 4 quilts and 2 afghans at her baby shower - I totally understood why she wanted to donate my quilt and I was all for it.

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    Old 12-28-2011, 03:35 PM
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    It really is a good question. I imagine I would tell the person thank you, compliment them on how much work it must have taken, accept it with grace and take it home. What I would do with it after that I don't know, probably put it on a shelf someplace and use it for the kids when they spend the night.
    My fear in giving quilts is will the person who gets it like it? I would need to know their likes and dislikes well.
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