Originally Posted by danade
This is an ongoing pet peeve for me--the idea that because a quilt is "for charity" makes it OK to donate something that's not the best we can do, or at least something that we'd be happy owning ourselves or giving to someone we know as a gift. For myself, I think how I would feel if my child was sick, if I were in a homeless shelter, or
Here's the difference....those who are in a homeless shelter, for the most part don't know the difference between good quilting and practicing with mistakes or less than perfect ones. Honestly. They care about being warm far more than they care about the aesthetics.
But I try to give away pretty ones. However, pretty to one isn't necessarily pretty to another.
I don't think anyone here is advocating doing sloppy work and giving it to charity, BUT charity receivers tend to be less sophisticated and less picky than those who aren't getting things for free due to not having any money or bad circumstances. It's really just that simple. Going through true hardships tends to adjust some of a person's priorities in life. Perfect quilting just doesn't "cut it" in the big picture of "what's important" to a person in a homeless shelter.