GrannieAnnie

Personally, I'm insulted if a gift I give is NOT used. But it's theirs now so they can do as they wish. It does however shorten my "hand made gift" list.

GrannieAnnie

Maybe I ought to back up a bit. My MIL made quilt tops but never finished them. I always hoped she'd hand them out while she was alive, but she wanted them left in a group for after she died. Well, they're all packed up.

My DH, her youngest son and I have one DD who has two DD's of her own. I've requested two top for me to get machine quilted and put away until the girls get their own places (or married or whatever!). They are little skunks now and don't need full sized quilts. So, I am putting away their quilts------------if I ever get the tops. But my MIL was very tight fisted about her work. Why she didn't hand them out while she was alive is beyond me.

Our DD is not getting one as far as I'm concerned. She's like her daddy, If you want something go to Sears or Home Depot and buy it.

Maire

I want mine used, I even put a poem in with the quilts that they can go in washer & dryer & use them til nothing left but shreds.

faykilgore

When my best friend's daughter was expecting her first child, together we created a wonderful hand appliqued bunny quilt. She did the appliques, I sewed them together with the sashing and quilted it. That little boy is now 8, and I finally got the quilt away from him long enough to repair some of the bunnies. It thrills me when my quilts are loved like that.

Jannie

I tell my recipients to use the quilt and when it is worn out it gives me a reason to make another quilt.

barking-rabbit

My MIL made my both daughters Sunbonnet Sue twin size embroidered quilts. They are beautiful, and never been used. They have been folded in a closet for 20 years. She didn't want our cats on the quilts. I wished she had made wall hangings of maybe 4-6 squares. She is gone now but I still have cats and no twin beds.

DOTTYMO

I made for a neighbours two daughters when they had babies months apart. Both let the children use them and said they could always tell when they were tired as they fetched the quilt and curled up anywhere and went to sleep with it.
Also as they got to 3/4 years. When I walked in their house the quilts came out for a picnic.
Iwas delighted they were used.
Another one I made giving washing instructions so mum could use her own detergent,, she thought it was lovely when she washed it and it was on the side of the cot for baby to cover. Themselves if they woke early.

ptquilts

I made quilts for all the GK's, as babies, made them very thin for safety, crib size. DIL said she wanted to hang GD's on the wall, I said, can she sleep under it at least once? Not sure what happened.

One I made for a GS, I saw it folded up in a drawer under the crib.

Now I am on to making twin size quilts for them as they have grown. Finished the first two, kids were not impressed but their mom loved them. It's hard to compete with an Ipad.

Karen1956

My mother made my niece a baby quilt. Mom passed 6 weeks after Rachel was born. Rachel is now almost 11 years old and she still has that baby quilt to cuddle with. It HAS to be on her bed except when she goes on sleepovers. She told me she can't take it because "That will be kind of embarrassing, huh Nonnie?" LOL! Mom had it heavily quilted and thank goodness for that. It's thin, faded and worn, but oh, she still loves that baby quilt.

Sewnoma

I actually am surprised at how many quilts I see in thrift shops. One I go to seems to always have at least 5 or 6 quilts - sometimes even ones I'd consider antiques or near antiques; hand-quilted and worn soft.

I always look at them but I can't imagine what I'd do with them so I never buy them. I have a lot of my grandmothers' quilts packed away that I already feel a little busy with, since I make sure to open them up and re-fold them regularly. (No spare bed to keep them on anymore.) Adding strangers' quilts to the pile just doesn't make sense to me.