Originally Posted by
pandamommy
Lots of good suggestions. Just be sure and check with the charity first. I live in a rural area and a number of years back a quilting group in one of the neighboring towns made small quilts and gave to the sheriff's office to use and after a couple of years most of them ended up in a clothing bank in my town.
You know, this brings to mind a situation I have pondered about. We make quilts to practice, to experiment, to "use up our stash", to donate so it goes to some good purpose. We have no control over what happens to those quilts once they are out of our grasp.
Does it matter to you if it ends up at Goodwill or being used as a dog blanket? People who don't quilt have no idea what goes into making one. To a disinterested person, a quilt may be no better than a fleece throw you can buy at big-mart for $15.00.
I don't think any of us want our quilts to be put up on a shelf and never used out of fear of getting it dirty, but neither do we want to imagine it will end up being used to haul around chickens in the back of a truck!
I hope the quilts you make to donate will be used and appreciated. And, yes, respected, a little. Like they deserve.