"what do I do?"
05-13-2011, 04:56 AM
#33
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: metuchen,nj
Posts: 553
Oooh! That's a bit much to ask. If it were for the grandchildren themselves it would be a different story. Offer to do the first one with her and let her decide if she wants to make the other 7. Of course you would be "technical advisor."
05-13-2011, 06:01 AM
#34
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Duluth/ Superior, WI
Posts: 1,038
I would pack daughter up for the day and take her shopping so she could purchase the fabric for 8 quilts (phew...that's a lot of fabric), get her to the house for a cutting lesson to help with the 8 quilts, etc. That way she could learn and understand the amount of time and love you put into each of your projects.
Brenda
Brenda
05-13-2011, 06:33 AM
#35
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Illinois
Posts: 166
Originally Posted by carolaug
I was just asked by my SIL to do one for her DD and she would pay me...she has no clue...there is no way she can afford it...My Husband thinks I should do it...Nope...I have too many projects on my own...If I do it...I will help her not do it. She can come over and I will show her...I thought maybe I will give her some of my scraps that are already cut up (she can not afford fabric)...really do not even want to do that...so I am not going to reply...and wait until the subject comes up again. - hoping it does not...
05-13-2011, 09:54 AM
#36
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Lakeshore, Ont. Canada
Posts: 2,731
I have gotten very good at saying no, can't do it . As soon as someone knows that you quilt they think it is an invitation to make something for them. A lady at the bank asked me to make her daughter a T-shirt quilt, I said I would ask if anyone at my guild would be interested in doing it for her. I want to make my own things now, not everyone else's.
05-13-2011, 03:10 PM
#39
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Port Lavaca, TX
Posts: 1,276
You could use panels for them, especially the boys, they love football stuff, racing stuff, nature stuff other sports stuff...dog stuff.
Sew the front to the back. In fact you could put right sides together, sew around the edges, turn it like a pillowcase and sew around the edges again, then sew 5" apart in parallel lines across and up and down or diagonal to quilt it.
Sew the front to the back. In fact you could put right sides together, sew around the edges, turn it like a pillowcase and sew around the edges again, then sew 5" apart in parallel lines across and up and down or diagonal to quilt it.
