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#801912 - 01/21/13 11:22 PM
Re: Are your quilt gifts appreciated?
[Re: Judie Quilting Editor]
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I have made various gifts over the last 30 years for different family members. Most are appreciated, even though responses have not always indicated this. A couple of years ago one of my sisters took up quilting and patchwork, and she said one day, that she had never realised the cost or the hours of work that went in to a lot of the gifts that I had made her daughters over the years, including some much loved patchwork and quilted clothing. But the best response has come from my 2 darling grandchildren. The kids cannot part with the quilts that I had made for them, Thomas the Tank engine, and Dora panels, made in to single bed quilts. Grandma made these,we cannot get rid of them,they told their mother. So birthdays next week, and they are getting a Fairy and a Monster Truck quillow each, that they can use on their bed or take to sleep overs etc. I once had a log cabin quilt that I gave as a wedding gift, that after the couple divorced ended up being used as the dogs bed. It was a shame, but that is what happens, it was appreciated for several years, and then when things went wrong, the quilt went also.
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#802319 - 01/23/13 11:00 PM
Re: Are your quilt gifts appreciated?
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I have made many cot quilts and given or posted to various friends and family, some I have had to ring to check that they arrived, I wonder why I have continued, and usually my answer to myself, is because I wanted to give a very personal gift, and someone has appreciated a personalised gift at some stage. You never forget the ones that don't say thank you, and I have often said never again, but continue to make and gift. Just me. The hurt is always there at those times, but I think of the enjoyment I got in trying a new pattern or technique, or using a nice piece of material. I look at it all as a learning experience, and really do appreciate the ones who enjoy the gifts I have made for them.
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