Of the over 450 quilts I have made since I began in 2000, about 2% are still in the house. About 10% have gone to relatives. About 5% have been commissions. Up to last year, the remainder have been divided about equally between ones I've sold and ones and ones I have prepared for various charities, either as raffle quilts or for direct benefit. One person who has been commissioning my quilts all along currently owns about twice as many as I do. Several hang in his business. My DH and I recently has a discussion this topic and decided that we would no longer sell any quilts except on commission, probably just to the one party. There are 3 quilts in the pipeline for us, largely because I am challenged by the patterns. Right now, we are seeing a great deal of local need for children in out of home placement, babies and toddlers in major poverty and semi-abandoned older adults. We just made a commitment to provide quite a few to a local rehabilitation hospital, to symbolize to those patients who have given up that they still matter and can help themselves. The saintly family doctor I grew up with made a huge point of discussing the importance of these symbols in survival and healing. As a teacher, I heard many times that MY attention and encouragement changed the lives of my students. I am now quite disabled, but this is one corner of our world where I can have a positive impact one person at a time. Two people who were diagnosed with terminal cancers credit their continued life to the impact of quilts we were able to give them. Others died no longer feeling abandoned. An emergency foster parent told me that the ONLY thing owned by a child who was brought to her in the middle of the night from a crack house was a quilt I had given to the social workers for this purpose. (Everything else had to be destroyed.) These things do matter. I feel very strongly that every quilt given for these purpose must give a strong message of love. One of my friends often says that a charity quilt is, ultimately, a gift to GOD, and we must not give God shoddy gifts. She and I disagree on a great many other issues, but we are totally in agreement on this.