lynnie

offenses in my family.
i made my mom a quilt of stars, Jewel shaped. I didn't know of EPP then. so i cut out one piece at a time. The blocks were 6 pointed stars with a hex in the center held together with black diamonds. It took a lot of work, as i wasn't quite sure what i ws doing. So i gave it to my mom for her 50th birthday. It was in the basement covering my brothers amplifiers from dust and possible
leaks. Another one i gave my mom, she let my sister lay on it outside in the sun with oils and lotions. The next, my brother. i made him a quilt and backed it with off white, and hand quilted. they all were. When i went to his apartment, it was on the bed, back side up, and the dogs were chewing thru it. He said they liked it, and since he had no use for it, he'd let the dogs play tug of war with it.

cashs_mom

Those people would probably not get another gift from me, Lynnie, and they certainly would never get another gift that I made. I'm very selective about who I gift quilts to. If I don't feel they will appreciate it and treat it with respect, they don't get a quilt from me.

b.zang

I like how the quilt matches the car.

Thank you for that picture!! My husband and I had a car exactly like that for years. It took it across the continent and back with room to sleep in the back. Ah, the memories!
The quilt with us was piled in the back as our bedding.

Anniedeb

I wasn't really, just surprised. I just wasn't aware of pet cemeteries, and how the process of burying a beloved pet was almost the same. I learned from another friend that she was worried I would be hurt and offended. I am not an animal/pet person. Growing up, we never had any pets.

Fizzle

I just made a quilt for one of my sons friends. He is going through Dialysis and told me that the worst part right now is that the treatments are cold. So i made him a quilt and hurried it over before his next treatment. He has thanked me countless times. Texted my husband about it and called my son. Very emotional. Happy that i would do that for him. Yesterday i got a picture of him at treatment with the quilt across his lap. And a note saying it would go to every treatment with him. THAT IS WHY WE QUILT

On the other side of the coin. I made a baby quilt for a young friends baby shower. One quilt and 3 flannel receiving blankets. I was there when she opened the gift. Same as i have read on here: peaked inside. Looked up and said thank you. Never took from box. Never passed around. And the thank you note made no mention of the actual gift. Live and learn.

it is good to have a heartfelt recipient to balance out the rest!

berrynice

I made my very first quilt when I was a senior in high school. A neighbor gave me a bunch of scraps (she was a seamstress) and I cut all of the fabric into different size squares and pieced them together into a (then - a bedspread sized quilt) so, queen size I would say. I had no idea what I was doing. I used a flannel blanket for the batting and a sheet for the backing, and then hand tied the quilt through each of the intersections of the squares. I was so proud of it.

I ended up getting married not long after I finished it. I had it on our bed and had told my then husband how I really enjoyed making it and was really proud of the work I did on it.

Anyhow, long story short, I came home one day and noticed that the quilt wasn't on the bed anymore and I asked him where it was. -- He heartlessly told me he didn't want to lay on the muddy ground when he changed the oil in his truck, so he used it and if I wanted it, I could dig it out of the trash heap behind the barn. When I went to get it, I was so heartbroken as apparently he had dumped the entire pan of old oil on it before he rolled the muddy quilt up in a ball and tossed it into the heap.

It didn't mean a thing to him..... when I asked him why didn't he use one of the mats in the garage, he just shrugged and told me to get over it. Needless to say, he has long been my ex, for many reasons.

Years ago, I was blessed to meet and have been happily married to a wonderful, loving man who totally appreciates and encourages me on my quilt making and in all I do, and I him.

bearisgray

What a ************jerk************!

Sandra-P

I saw this one day and was horrified.

ptquilts

berrynice, you are well rid of that jerk!

Peckish

1000% agree!!!

My husband, when he doesn't care much for a quilt I've made, simply encourages me to make another. 🤣 I think I'll keep him. 😊