I love to make quilt for charities.
- if they are intended for foster kids or Project Linus or law enforcement, I try to emphasize more masculine patterns, since these are less often received.
- For LWR, usually just donate fabric and let the church quilting ladies do with it what they will.
- Animal shelters, use up the I don’t like it anymore fabric.
- Nursing homes try to use more old fashioned fabrics.
In any case, I do the best work that I can. People do not deserve our second rate rejects. However, a well made quilt where I don’t like this pattern or color combination in my house now that it is completed is not a reject to me, nor does it mean that someone else may not love it. Just not my current taste.
The idea that people in need are somehow unable to recognize shoddy workmanship is offensive. If it is not good enough to gift to someone who know, it is not good enough to gift to someone you do not know. With the economic situation what it is today, your charity quilt could go to anyone—your relative, your neighbor, your friend.
Getting off my soapbox now.