Originally Posted by molly oldham
It is a lovely idea. In fact I've been thinking of doing the same thing. 2 friends and I visit the local nursing home on Fridays to read to them. I do have a suggestion though and I certainly don't want to sound negative but if you could actually get a name of a person to give the quilt to, you should make a label with their name quilted in it. I've heard from many of our friends that things tend to disappear from the resident"s rooms. Just saying.
That sounds like a good idea because I was a little afraid of that happening.
As for what size to make the lap quilts, someone on here posted that question last year and I just found it. They said the size shouldn't be larger than 36 inches wide so it won't get caught in the wheelchair. I'm thinking between 45-48 inches long. Now to go come up with a pattern!