Originally Posted by
Mdegenhart
I know I am probably in the minority, but why is anyone trying to make charity quilts that are made from cheap, ugly shoddy material? Why would anyone want to be the recipient? I see all the time where the goal seems to be to crank out the maximum number of boring patterns with ugly lousy material. Why? Would you be honored to have that on your bed? “Charity” quilting to me seems often to be a lot more about bat-packs for moral superiority than for making something special someone will truly love.
I never buy fabric specifically for "charity quilts" All charity quilts I make are from my stash and my scraps which cost just as much per square inch as the fabric I make for my families wedding gifts. When I buy material for backings, I get good quality quilt shop fabric but do admit to looking for the sale priced ones as the nine yards needed for a large quilt would be a little over $100 dollars at regular prices. Add that to the material need for the front, the cost of thread, and batting. It comes to around $300 dollars. I would love to have no concern over how much I am spending on charity quilts. But I do have to take that into consideration. When I make a charity quilt, the main intend is to provide a home made "blanket" that will be used to keep someone warm and let them know, somebody cared enough to take the time to make it. Most of my charity quilts are scrappy and I do try and make a pleasing pattern, but I do not make "charity quilts" to hang on someone's wall.