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  1. 10-19-2012, 09:27 AM #1
    wildyard
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    It makes me so sad to think of blocks being thrown away when so many of us make quilts to donate to various causes and could put them to very good use.
    I work hard to get fabric at low prices so I can afford to donate my quilts on my income of SSDisability. I spend hours deconstructing thrift store finds to save money. So to see someone say they throw away perfectly good quilt blocks really makes me, and I'm sure many others, cringe.
    Please rethink this policy and consider sharing them with those of us who will pay them forward as comfort quilts.
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  2. 10-19-2012, 09:40 AM #2
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    I have them stored in 2 boxes (one for small 6" and smaller, the other for larger)
    When someone in my sewing group needs a block - they get one

    I've also occasionally sent to Board members who are making soldiers' quilts.
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  3. 10-19-2012, 09:47 AM #3
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    I have a "Home for Orphan blocks". After Christmas I am going to start an 'Everything AND the Kitchen sink" quilt. I even found fabric with a kitchen sink in it!
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  4. 10-19-2012, 12:48 PM #4
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    I have a whole bin of those wayward blocks....keep saying I am gonna put them together, but just too boring for me. I should just donate them.
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  5. 10-19-2012, 05:25 PM #5
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    I went through a tote just yesterday that had misc. blocks in it I've been saving thinking I could do a sampler quilt, but decided there are so many other quilts and thing I want to make to waste my time to make something I would be so embarrassed for anyone to see so I threw them away and that is what I am going to do from now on. I do have a quilt that I have about half of it quilted and I am going to cut it up and serge around it (king size) and donate it to the animal shelter.
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  6. 10-25-2012, 02:22 PM #6
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    Take them to your guild and offer them for free perhaps someone else could fit them in somewhere in one of their quilts.

    Or use them as a crazy quilt, name might really work! Lol
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  7. 10-25-2012, 03:37 PM #7
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    You could finish them as they are and donate them to your local animal shelter for their cages. Don't think the dogs and cats will mind too much what their bedding looks like as long as it's comfy!!! If you have a shelter in mind, you might give them a call and find out what sizes are most needed.
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