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I have decided I am not a quilter, I'm a top maker. I don't usually finish a quilt to the very end and actually make it a quilt. Therefore I have about 25 quilt tops. I would like to find someplace to donate the tops who will make them into quilts and then donate them to a good cause.
Any suggestions??
Many quilt guilds do a lot of charity work. You could also talk to some of your local quilt shops for guilds they are familiar with. Project Linus chapters might be able to use some of the items if they are child-related. There are also church groups that have quilting groups. I am sure that with a few phone calls you can find a good home for your tops.
Pam
You also might trade with someone who doesn't like to do the piecing, but loves the quilting.....you do her piecing and she does the quilting!
Redgarnet here on the board collects for the Juvenile Diabetes every year. http://www.quiltingboard.com/request...a-t259227.html
MadeinMaine http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...ine-u5247.html I know that she hasn't been on the board in awhile. I have an address for her if you want to contact her by snail mail. Just pm me. She makes quilts for a kids camp in Maine.
Owlvamp, donates quilts to a Woman's Shelter in her area. I would just pm her if your interested. http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...mp-u24402.html
I'm sure you will get many more offers.
Just a suggestion, why don't you also see if there is a Long Armer willing to quilt a top or two for you for the trade of a few tops for them to practice on. (Just a suggestion.)
10-2-12, 6-17-15 My bright little lights.
Contact your local quilt shop or guild. They should have info on charities. If not, contact long arm quilters in your area and see if they would quilt them for donation.
"I do not understand how anyone can live without one small place of enchantment to turn to."
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
This is an organization that will take quilt tops. They donate them where disasters happen:
Quilts of Compassion
PO Box 350296
Toledo OH 43635
I have the email for the head of this organization. PM me if you would like it.
A Good Friend, like an old quilt, is both a Treasure and a Comfort
I've donated tops here before. They were very happy to get them and the quilts went to families who lost everything in a tornado.Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2
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"The reward of a thing well done is having done it." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
You are not alone in your enthusiasm for creating quilt tops. So often the tops are found in thrift and antique shops. To me the real work starts when a quilt is put together. I am slowed down quite a bit with arthritis in my hands so I donate many tops to Project Linus. Works for me. I can be creative and don't get bored since lap size is what they are looking for. I love to create from my stash. Don't have to be made of kiddie prints. They give quilts to kids up to 18 yrs. old. Hope you will pick out a few favorites and get them LA'd for yourself. Quilts pick up my spirits!
I'm in the same boat. I like to make tops, I don't like the sandwiching, and I don't even like the quilting. Wish I could make friends with a long arm quilter who hates piecing!
People who start projects and never finish them are cooler
than people who never start projects at all.
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There is always a quilting group in Senior Citizens' Centers. They auction or sell the finished quilts to help keep the Sr. center going. I'm sure they would appreciate a top or two. I'm with the poster above who suggested trading tops to a quilter for finished quilts for yourself or family members.
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