emerald46

Yep, when SIL/BIL split..the only thing he wanted was the quilt I made for them. As posted once before I was young and thought it was kind of funny. SIL said it is just a blanket, he can have it. That was 30+ years ago and he and his new (25+ yr) wife still have it. I know now the one who really appreciated that quilt got it!

auntmag

My daughters use the quilts I have made. They are washed,dried and put back on the bed.

mar32428

I visited my son and family a few months ago. I was sleeping in my GD's room cause she was away at college. The quilt on her bed was the one I made when she was six. It was squares of stick figures with sayings and all colored with crayons like a child's coloring book. She didn't take it to school for fear it would get ruined. It too was faded almost to oblivion but still the fabric was intact. This surprised me cause my DDL is Korean and they are very clean people. I know that quilt got washed once or twice a week for all those year.

Oh, and the exDL was from@#$&#% twice.

gspsplease

I bitterly regret a quilt I made for my daughter-- not a real quilt, just bright animal print curtain fabric big enough to cover the floor under her playpen, backed with more curtain fabric and roughly sewn. 18 years later she still snuggles under it while watching TV and I keep thinking "I wish that was a proper quilt she was so devoted to!" (and she has those!) I have suggested retiring it for dog bedding etc but it is greatly loved, even though it pains me every day when I look at it. Perhaps the moral is not to make something you don't really like, thinking it will make do, as it may be around for a very long time.

KarenBarnes

All of my quilts except for one are in current use or have been literally worn out and it makes me really happy! All are showing signs of loving but that was the point in making them! The one that isn't being used is because my DIL doesn't want to wear it out! I told her to do so as that would create a need to make another one! Oh darn! Like I need a reason! :)

svenskaflicka1

i made one for a friend's baby. it was warm, flannel, and it turned out to be the little one's favorite. six years later, friend approached me to see if it could be repaired--daughter had loved it to death. the cotton flannel was getting thin, and there was batting showing through in some spots. i said i could try, and laid in some flannel--but a few days later, she said that her daughter was finally not crying herself to sleep at night, and this was a good thing. they'd finally broken the blankie habit! so, it was washed one last time, folded, and put away for posterity--to be incorporated into "something old", when she gets married later. pretty ratty garter, in my book! it did my heart good to see it loved to death, though.

Lynnie25

Yes, I made a raffle quilt for my kids primary school over 20 years ago and the lady who lives down the street from me won it. Late last year I went on a tour of her garden and she invited me inside to see the quilt proudly displayed on the guest room bed. Rarely used but looked in near perfect condition.

schwanton

I was visiting my girlfriend recently and she pulled out a bag. Inside was the quilt I had made her son when he was born and the matching pillow. Just a simple appliqued teddy bear, but it held up all these years. By the way, her son is now 30 years old. I was thrilled that she has kept it all these years!

Taughtby Grandma

Yes, my niece still has her baby quilt I made her and her baby girl claimed it as her own when she was born.

I went to my daughters home once and saw an 8 point star quilt in red/white/and navy blue with pillow shams to match. I declared how much I liked it and she said "You should Mom, you made it for me" She also still has the quilt I made for her when she was about 5.

loreen

Yes I have seen them as well. May feeling is they must love it to use it this long. As for the Dog I make him his own! His old arthritic joints needs it.