how to extricate myself!

[bednobs]

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?

[lady-janine]

this is just a suggestion and ignore it if you wish but as this quilt will be very precious and not likely to be used, could you ask mil to make one to use on child's bed and explain that the one she makes will be all the more treasured as it will go through childhood and be loved probably far more than one in a box (especially by child).

apols if i am wrong about usage.