On my own, I usually make quilts for Project Linus. This is my favorite place to donate quilts because I like the fact that this organization gives the quilts to childred from newborn to 18 years old. Also, it provides the quilts to individual kids, kids in group homes, hospitals, Ronald McDonald house, and those domestic violence shelters, just to name a few.
I used to make mine about 38 x 52 but after having had a couple of conversations with the local co-ordinator I have started making a larger size. We all like using those cute kids fabric for smaller kids quilts and they finish up so much quicker but there is a real shortage of the larger sizes for the older kids. I decided that I would focus on those and so I usually make the quilts now 50 x 70.
I usually make simple patterns keeping in mine that I want something I can quilt my self on my sewing machine with a walking foot.
The local quilt group that I belong to usually plans a day or two a year to work on charity quilts, usually for Project Linus. We do, however, also make other charitable projects such as pillows for heart patients, pillowcases for the local hospital pediatric ward, hats for cancer patients, and bags and pillows for breast cancer patients.