Crafters- What are you making???

[speckledhen]

I'm not making anything for anybody in my dang family anymore. My handpieced and handquilted items end up in a trunk and I never see them used. No more!

Anyway, I dont do Christmas. Wake me when its January.

 

[okiemommy]

I'm not making anything for anybody in my dang family anymore. My handpieced and handquilted items end up in a trunk and I never see them used. No more! tongue




Anyway, I dont do Christmas. Wake me when its January

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I would use your quilts Speckled! A lot of the times family doesn't appreciate home made stuff and that's sad

 

[speckledhen]

Thanks, okie. I'll just send my handmade quilts to people who appreciate them from now on.

 

[okiemommy]

Thanks, okie. I'll just send my handmade quilts to people who appreciate them from now on.

You're welcome

And there are plenty of people out there who would! I'm sure there are lots of people even in this day and age that wish someone would make them something home made. Do you have pics of any? I would love to see them! Also if it's any consolation...they will appreciate them eventually, and cherish them when you're gone....but hopefully MUCH sooner before that!​

 

[Zookeeper9000]

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I guess you could look at it more than one way. Some people are so afraid that something they cherish will be destroyed in some way that they put it in a safe place. Maybe they loved it so much they put it in a safe place. Try to gentle tell them to use it. Say something like. I didn't put all that work into something for it to sit in a box, try using it already.

Mine use theirs. Ask me how I feel about a quilt used as a curtain in a door way with giant spikes. That is what my oldest daughter's boyfriend did with the 1st quilt I made.

My third daughter's boyfriend put burn holes in hers.

My third daughter is still begging me to finish hers LOL it is all ready to quilt and bind, been ready for 2 years LOL. Maybe in the new year.

 

[okiemommy]

That's a good point too. As Jean said, maybe they are just trying to keep them intact. I know a lot of my generation seems to have grown up with the idea that we should keep nice things put away and not use them.


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[hoosier]

okiemommy - My thoughts were that they were treasured and put away to protect them and keep them nice.

 

[Scrambled Egg]

I'm not making anything for anybody in my dang family anymore. My handpieced and handquilted items end up in a trunk and I never see them used. No more!

Cynthia, soooooo sorry..people should treasure home made gifts

 

[2dream]

Cynthia, Don't feel bad. I think they put them away because they are treasured. Thats what I did with my quilts that my Grandmother and Mother gave to me. I pulled them out after the children were grown and gone and then ended up packing them up again when the grandkids were little. Now they are show pieces that I use and are in mint condition even being 50+ years old. I have pillow cases my great grand mother embrodried over a 100 years ago and afgans my mother crocheted 30 & 40 years ago. My family members keep asking me who I am leaving them to in my Will. I keep telling them not to worry about it because I am going to live forever.

 

[cknmom]

My oldest daugghter kept the quilt I made for my granddaughter in a drawer. When I saw that I told her to take it out and use it or I would take it back. She didn't want it to get messed up. I told her that it would make it more special to my granddaughter if she grew up using it and cuddling with it. She is 10 now(today!!) and still has it on her bed.


My other daughter let her son use it right away and he cuddled with it always. I don't know if he still uses it though.

My DMIL recently gave me quilts that her mother had made that had been sitting in the linnen closet for years. She wanted them to be used. She said that they didn't belong in the closet. I need to make a few minor repairs on a couple though. DH was horrified that I had one of mammay's(?) quilts out on the couch. Something might happen to it!

I used to keep things put away until I read a letter in some magazine. A womans mother died and when cleaning out her attic, she found three boxes of china that she had gotten for a wedding present and hadn't ever taken out of the box! There were several other boxes filled with similar things; silver tea set etc. and never been used. She had wished that her mother had been able to enjoy them through out her life by using them. She had kept them put away "for a special occassion" which never came.

After that I got everything out and started using them. When DH and I got married he wanted to put the dishes his mother gave us away. I told him no way, why should we use old cracked dishes when we can creat memories using these. We have had wonderful family dinners to remember using them. DMIL loves to see us using them and everone always comments on them.

Monica