Need help wording a baby shower card

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My husband’s niece is in her 30’s, married not too long ago, and happily they are expecting their first child. This is the first great grandchild for my mil.

Back some time ago, this niece used to like playing in the sewing room as a girl and loved all the fancy fabrics that showed up on a regular basis. I collected remnant fabrics from her grandma and aunty’s sewing room, some time back, and made a baby quilt. This is the first great grandchild for grandma, and I was looking for a way to word a card that will be with the quilt. Something that honors grandma who is very loved and who served the family lovingly for decades, and welcomes new baby. The couple do go to church so mentioning God and blessing would be fine.

I’m having trouble collecting my thoughts and don’t want to write a long book about it. lol
I am also hoping for some happy tears from the niece. Thankfully her grandma is still with us and can attend. She is 84 and a kind and faithful lady. (I sure am lucky to have had such a lovely mil)

Thanks!
 
Surrounding baby with your soft, warm memories of Grandma X and Aunty Y’s sewing room… this quilt has been handmade with love for you and baby from the fabric you loved so much when you were young.
 
Maybe include a children’s story book about “grandmas quilt”. There are some good ones on Amazon
 
1ke said:
Surrounding baby with your soft, warm memories of Grandma X and Aunty Y’s sewing room… this quilt has been handmade with love for you and baby from the fabric you loved so much when you were young.
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This sounds pretty perfect.👍
 
1ke said:
Surrounding baby with your soft, warm memories of Grandma X and Aunty Y’s sewing room… this quilt has been handmade with love for you and baby from the fabric you loved so much when you were young.
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👍
 
Dacinom said:
What a sweet and lovely idea! I am not sure if you were somewhat joking with this statement? It is wonderful to want to give something meaningful, I just wouldn’t have it a “goal” to have someone react by happily crying or to solicit any specific emotional response. I think if you give a simple card with love it will be enough! I say this because at a baby shower, there will already be pressure on the new mommy to show much emotion and gush over every gift she is given, this can be lovely but also emotionally exhausting for some people depending on who they are and how they are feeling that day. Hope this makes sense, sounds like a lovely gift no matter how it is given!
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Definitely this! If it were me, and someone were actually trying write something that would elicit tears from me, I would at least prefer they give me the card in private as opposed to a room full of people staring at me.

I think it’s a beautiful idea and that the quilt will speak for itself. A brief mention in the card to make sure she knows where the material came from (I like 1ke’s wording) is nice but I wouldn’t write too much in the card. She is going to be up there in front of a lot of people and won’t have a lot of time to focus on something lengthy then, anyway.
 
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