Is my idea too selfish?
05-20-2014, 05:21 AM
#22
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It would have never occurred to me to think I was selfish about something like that. If the scraps are all you have of your grandmother's quilts then I would have never given any of them away at all.
05-20-2014, 05:40 AM
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Well said!
Maybe there was a reason why your grandmother never mailed this last box to you. You would have probably already made the blocks into a donation quilt and passed it on; now, however, you have her last box and have this opportunity to make something for you to cherish and remember what a lovely person she was. IMHO I feel she would want you to keep these blocks for yourself and her loved ones.
05-20-2014, 05:44 AM
#26
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You are not being selfish at all! This last batch of fabric will have much more meaning to you and your family, keep them and make them into wonderful memory quilts of your grandmother. If you still feel guilty (which I don't think you should!), go out and buy some other fabric and make an equal number of charity quilts and donate them in your grandmother's memory!
05-20-2014, 06:27 AM
#27
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The scraps are yours a lovely gift from someone you love. As they are the last ones you are going to receive I say make yourself and those she loved gifts from the heart. Enjoy making them keeping and giving them guilt free.
05-20-2014, 06:37 AM
#28
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I think she would be thrilled to know how much you value the "gifts" she sent you! These will be the last ones, so you deserve to keep these in memory of her and all the work you've done with the others.
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