Originally Posted by cantrelld

My 23 year son, who graduated from Georgia Tech, and now works with computers doing something I can't even explain, just bought his own house earlier this year. It is sparsely furnished because he is frugal and will only purchase what he really needs or something he truly desires. I learned long ago to not give him frivolous things. He does have one twin size quilt that I made and seems to enjoy it, but I was surprised when we had finished opening gifts and he said to me, "I was hoping I might get a quilt". Needless to say, I will be making a large bedside quilt for him very soon.

Originally Posted by shelrox

I too did quilts for all my immediate family and was surprised by the reaction seems I didnt know my brother had said to my mother just before opening his that he was going to go shopping the next day to go buy a new quilt for his bed. He lives 520 miles away so it was nice to know I was right on target with his gift.

Originally Posted by Corry

Well this was not a gift but it was a reaction to my quilts. We went to have our christmas celebration with my family which I only see this once a year as we live far away. So I brought 2 of my quilts to show my sister and brother. One was my horse quilt I have worked so hard on since May. Actually is not quilted but the top is pieced. Anyway, when I showed them the reaction from my brother was like....what is it....and he had nothing to say. Just shrugged his shoulders. I was planning to make him a quilt this next year to give him as a gift next year and in fact have already bought some embroidery designs I was going to use on it but now am really wondering if I should go to the trouble. I did make him a pillow this year. I machine embroidered Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus on it with the words Holy Night and my brother could not tear his self away from the derned football game to even look at what I made them. Hurt my feelings although my sister really liked her pillow.

Originally Posted by deBRAT

Mary and others,

i used this youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sipzCAflJQ8

it appears to be based on this coaster design
http://www.allsorts.typepad.com/alls...ross_coas.html

I guess the 10" size is for those precut fabric packs out now. I used 9 1/2" because i have a cutting square that big and am too lazy to use a larger square to cut the 10" size. if i could find a 9" one i'd use that instead. my mil loved her everyday ones and my sil loved hers too. along with her vanilla frappe fingerless mitts i made her.

and while we are on potholders here is a link to 28+ so you will have it all in one place to check out in the future.
http://tipnut.com/potholder-patterns/

hope this helps! now i'm off to pack for our week away to northern florida. alas, that is COLDER for us and i'm wondering how i will get by with just two pairs of long pants.

have a marvelous day all
denise/deBRAT in tampa bay florida