A tube quilt is one you make in tubes (about 3 or 4 inches wide) that when you turn right side out, has the batting all ready placed inside. You stitch them together with decorative stitches. Took me awhile to get 'er done!!
Nana
Howdy!
I'm w/ Polly.
*SOME* people just don't care for hand-crafted goods. So quit forcing the stuff on them. For years my in-laws didn't appreciate my work so I didn't bother. Then they moved to an area where hand-made items were considered "art" and honored as such. When they expressed a sincere interest in my work, then it was time to think about it. They do have a lovely quilt I made them that we all enjoy. But for the most part, why consistently/insistently bother people with stuff they've proved they don't want, don't appreciate, don't use, don't display, don't care anything about having? "It's not to my taste." Donate it to a charity that will use it. Sometimes gifts should be about the recipient. That's what makes a good gift.R/Sandy -- ... I think I've seen that pukey dull rose afghan... I didn't want it, either... ;-P
Sunny wrote: But what else could I do for her that's creative?
Placemats? Tree skirt? Sweatshirt with some really spiffy block(s) appliqued on? Totebag?
Monique in TX
Thank you, R/Sandy. You explained it much better than I did. And LOL about the pukey dull rose afghan. We still have it carefully stored. DMIL died decades ago and it's probably safe for us to share it with someone. You say, "No thanks" ? Polly
"Sandy Ellison" Howdy!
breaks my heart when someone cares so little about something made special for them. tis so much easier, albeit less personal, to just toss them some cash or a gift certificate. sadly todays society, this generation, is growing up with the 'now, i gotta have it now, and it has to be what i want, so give me money' attitude. me, mine, money, the 3 m's. :(
i googled the tube quilt and found a couple. not both the same. which way did you make yours? j.
"Nana.Wilson" wrote... I once made a tube quillt for one of me GK. (took me some time to get it done) Was over there one day & saw it in the dog's crate. Vowed not to make anything for them again!! Nana
new things should have gone to the seniors. some of them have no family and get nothing that is special just for them. j.
"Taria" wrote... I was at my favorite thrift store the other day and there was a row of what looked like brand new afghans. They had just put them out for the cool season. I was wondering how many of those were gifts given to folks that had no use for them. I was nearly sick. I got to talking to a gal in line that was buying one for her dog's crate. Too bad the new ones hadn't been donated to a rest home or somewhere they might have been appreciated. So what is a tube quilt? Taria
i'm not following how that works? j.
"Nana.Wilson" wrote... A tube quilt is one you make in tubes (about 3 or 4 inches wide) that when you turn right side out, has the batting all ready placed inside. You stitch them together with decorative stitches. Took me awhile to get 'er done!!
Nana
Howdy!
It could go in the closet w/ the furry hat m-i-l gave me one year, to match her hat that matched her furry coat; "Oh, great, now we can both look like large gray guinea pigs, head to toe!" Actually, I waited a few weeks, then gave the hat to my best friend who made a wonderful puppet out of it. Indeed, "no, thanks" on this one. S-i-l reminds every year that she looooovvvvved the green & white afghan I made for her (circa 1978), and would love to have another. But the quilt I gave her got stuck in a box and shifted around to various storage sheds; I got it back & kept it; she never missed it, never even remembers having it, so what are the odds I'll make something else for her? Slim.
My mom loves her quilts, esp the cheater-panels of DWR she sent me for me to quilt and return to her; the handquilting surpasses the quilts; she's happy. ;-P
Ragmop/Sandy - ... I asked Mom if she uses the multi-generation Broken Star quilt; no; so why not send it to me? "I'm not done w/ it!"
How about some pot holders (14" squares with a loop)..she should appreciate their utility...match them to the colour of her kitchen..hopefully thence to her taste. Tell her to use them not preserve them. She'll think about you whenever she uses them. Do you have a joke you share or common interest? Something funny about your DH? Perhaps you could incorporate that in the design.
Small and thoughtfull somethimes wins over a "grand gesture"
Just my 2p
Karen
seems i'm no longer able to make myself understood. i'd not force anything handmade on anyone. no worrys. j.
"Sandy Ellison" wrote... Howdy!
I'm w/ Polly.
*SOME* people just don't care for hand-crafted goods. So quit forcing the stuff on them. For years my in-laws didn't appreciate my work so I didn't bother. Then they moved to an area where hand-made items were considered "art" and honored as such. When they expressed a sincere interest in my work, then it was time to think about it. They do have a lovely quilt I made them that we all enjoy. But for the most part, why consistently/insistently bother people with stuff they've proved they don't want, don't appreciate, don't use, don't display, don't care anything about having? "It's not to my taste." Donate it to a charity that will use it. Sometimes gifts should be about the recipient. That's what makes a good gift.R/Sandy -- ... I think I've seen that pukey dull rose afghan... I didn't want it, either... ;-P
I think everyone has a "Dull Mauve Afgan" in one of their closets.
If your MIL doesn't display your gifts, don't despair, she probably liked them when you gave them to her.
i asked my mom about this subject. She said some people of her generation (from the great depression era) dont really like hand made gifts, it reminds them of being poor or "making due", as the giver and the receiver. So many of them came thru that time and ended up living perpetually in the 50's where everything new was best . Keeping up with the Jones's was the epitomy of showing wealth and status. (IMHO i think alot of our financial and environmental woes came from this type of living.)
Get your DMIL a gift certificate to her favorite store and go shopping one day after Christmas with her, treat her to lunch and dessert. Talk to her about the family history, keep these days precious. She wont be here forever.
JMHO
amy inCNY
Depends on the thrift shop and people's perception of the thrift shop as well. The one I give quilts and afghans to generally puts them straight to use at either one of the shelters, or through Salvation Army giveaways. Once in a while when I bring something in, or just stop in to shop, they will give me some blankets or suchlike bedding that they feel is too tattered to use, and I will use it as batting and bring it back to them. They only put quilts and blankets out for sale about once a year, usually in January, so that people who shop at the thrift store because they have to, but don't ask for help when they could, can get some cheap. They have learned by hard experience with this that if the animal shelter or some similar organization is doing a drive to either wait until it is over to put the blankies out, or to keep them back and ask on an individual basis if people they know are poor would be interested in buying them. I know it never occured to me that people would go into that shop and buy up quilts and such for pets and things until I got to talking with one of the ladies and she told me. Mind you pets certainly deserve to be warm and comfy, and so do the furpeople at the shelters. But if I make a baby quilt for a baby, it is nice to know that a baby is getting it instead of a schnauzer.
NightMist
Thanks so much for all your suggestions. I love them all!
I think I'm going to make my MIL a mini quilt -- maybe 12 x 18 -- that's a miniature of a full-sized quilt and a note that I'm donating the bigger quilt to Red Cross in their name. That way she's got something to pull out and show to people but doesn't have to deal with a big quilt, or even a wall hanging that would clash with her decor.
Sunny rethinking everything right now
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That sounds like a great idea, Sunny.
In my case... my MIL ***ASKED*** me to maker her some autumn placemats. So I did. She helped pick the fabric...
So I'm not sure what else I could do .... she is now asking when she will get a quilt. I must admit it is very hard to get excited to start planning something.
oh ok. i'm the last person to pay any attention to re: shopping of any kind. the only shopping i've done since 2001 when i returned to get mom, is the quilt fabric shopping i did in usa the last two trips. dh buys all the grocerys and i'm still working thru the clothes i've had forever. as i dont really go anywhere i dont really need to have much in the way of clothes anyhow. i've become a recluse. shrug, j.
"NightMist" wrote... Depends on the thrift shop and people's perception of the thrift shop as well.
NightMist
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