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how to extricate myself!
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Hi, i asked my mother in law the other day if she knew anyone who did quilting because i want to make a quilt (have a quilt made) out of my daughter's baby clothes she's grown out of, y'know the sentimental things, like the first clothes she wore, the clothes she finally came home in, the blanket she had in her incubator and so on.
Anyway, she rang me today to tell me she's enrolled on a quilting course so that she can do it and "would be honored" to make the quilt.
i shoul dhave said something right then, but in the nicest possible way, i don't want someone practicing on these important (to me) items of clothing - i want it to be lovely, not someone's homework project. I had already tracked someoen down who runs a company doing just what i want and was going to send the stuff to them to do.
Clearly, she could be good at it, but who knows? so, do i let her do it, or find some way of making her not do it?
Anyway, she rang me today to tell me she's enrolled on a quilting course so that she can do it and "would be honored" to make the quilt.
i shoul dhave said something right then, but in the nicest possible way, i don't want someone practicing on these important (to me) items of clothing - i want it to be lovely, not someone's homework project. I had already tracked someoen down who runs a company doing just what i want and was going to send the stuff to them to do.
Clearly, she could be good at it, but who knows? so, do i let her do it, or find some way of making her not do it?
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I wouldn't let someone who doesn't know how to quilt anywhere near such very precious material, absolutely no way.
If MiL want to make a quilt then of course she can, but of something other than those items which mean so much to bednobs.
If MiL want to make a quilt then of course she can, but of something other than those items which mean so much to bednobs.
10:32 Sun 09th Sep 2012
Let grandma have first dibs at it for if she pulls it off, then brilliant, it's far more emotionally valuable.
Keep some items back in contingency so if it is a disaster, all bases covered.....
The condition to this is that you have enough baby items (don't forget a snippet off first stuffed animals if you still have them and they are in a "bad" state - and assuming they aren't Steiff).
Keep some items back in contingency so if it is a disaster, all bases covered.....
The condition to this is that you have enough baby items (don't forget a snippet off first stuffed animals if you still have them and they are in a "bad" state - and assuming they aren't Steiff).
perhaps i will sort out the ultra sentimental stuff, and some ordinary too small stuff and let her loose on the not so important stuff to see what it looks like. There are always more baby clothes that are too small anway! Although i can see people's point about grandma. Perhaps i'll ask mr bednobs what he thinks
sherrard but it will be just as sentimental for gran as well surely. I think it would be terribly hurtful after and unkind after this kind lady has enrolled herself on a course to learn how to do it, to turn her down. It will be done with love which is something a company can't give. It's a gracious gesture and as gness says if it is to be handed down it will be extra special because grandma did it.
