the ugly quilt project is such a great one! our little sewing group meets once a week just to work on these- we've made 17 in the past 5 weeks!
one of the ladies visited the habitat re-store and found a dozen mattress pads, old blankets- when she got to the check out and told the sales gal what they were for she was given the whole lot for 50 cents apiece! we use old ties= make them so warm....it is really cold here-and we have quite a few homeless even though it is a small town area-
i found a place for old (pilled) flannel sheets---they work for liners- they are actually kind of fun to make-
and groups popping up all over the country!
great program!
Originally Posted by
Holice
If the fabric is too "ugly" for quilts to be sent to Third World Countries, then consider the
Sleeping Bag Project. Info is at:
http://www.uglyquilts.org/
This organization wants deliberately made ugly quilts.
I was offended when I first heard of these quilts. That is, until I read about their program.