Thread: Charity Quilts
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Old 08-09-2011, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
Not sure if this belongs here or in GCC - or if it will get deleted.

A Charity Quilt -

What does it mean to you?

What it means to me:

A quilt that will given to someone I probably do not know.

But what if that quilt WAS given to someone that I know - or that knows me??

I still want that quilt to hold up to many washings and hard use. (Hopefully, not abused - but the line gets murky between hard use and abuse)

I would not want to be embarrassed to have my name as the maker of it emblazoned on it.

I want it to look "planned/intentional" versus "scraps off the floor" or "clean out the closet" - even if it was made of "scraps off the floor"

Material can be decent/good, even if relatively inexpensive.

Workmanship - it's as easy to sew at least a 1/4 inch seam as a 1/16 inch one.

I want it to be clean when it leaves my custody.

If a practice piece is truly a disaster - why would someone else cherish it?

Who knows? Someday, I or someone near and dear to me might be on the receiving end.
Very well put! I so agree with you.
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