I thought that some of you might like to see ladies who "won" the chance to choose a quilt from among about 30 I had. The ladies put their name into a drawing and if they won, they were given the chance to choose a quilt. We were giving away Christmas presents to their children and it is a little fun thing we do for the moms. Here it is commonly called "patchwork".
You can see which ones they chose. I'll include several. It might help some of you realize that ladies from different parts of the world aren't so picky about what they call a "pretty quilt". They chose what THEY wanted out of 20-30 quilts.
I told the ladies that the only condition for their receiving a quilt was to let me take a picture of them because sometimes the people who make the quilts want to see the people who receive them. (It's an excuse--I wanted their pictures even if just I made the quilts, but a few of the quilts I offered were from a church in Largo, FL.)
This one was really just a piece of Toy Story fabric that I added batting to and a backing and tied. Hardly counts as a real quilt....:)
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One church sent me already cut what seemed like placemats. I just sewed them together, found some coordinating fabric and kept adding til it was big enough to make into a quilt.
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This is one that I thought wouldn't go. The workmanship wasn't that great. You can see not well-matched seams. But this lady chose it.
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This one was sent to me by a church in FL. It was really nice.
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This one was also given to me by a church in Largo, FL. (They gave it to me to give away.)
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This is the same lady that took the big crazy quilt. She seemed like she could use them, so I gave her one for each one in her household. These are her choice.
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This lady (left) has 4 children including one son with severe problems. Her oldest is a girl (right) and I told them they could have several (this was Sunday). It's cold this year in Europe and she is a single mom with a lot on her shoulders. Plus, I've got 79 more quilts here at home waiting on binding--well, 7 of those 79 are finished. :)
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From 2009. This was a simple blue/pink patchwork. I liked making it.
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From 2009. Another one I thought wasn't very pretty but this lady chose it.
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I just cut up some used curtains (purchased as such) and made huge squares. I think they were 12" squares.
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From 2009 This one was given to me by one of my sis's customers to finish and give away. (It was a quilt top.)
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