If one wants to simply provide warmth, a couple of fleece blankets will do the job- and cost much less and be done immediately..
Which would accomplish more with X amount of dollars and time?
I know that many of us think that giving someone a quilt that we made is the ultimate gift.
But for some of us - me includeid - it is a reason (excuse) to do something we love to do.
I bought yards and yards and yards of fabric "for charity quilts" i have given away yards and yards of fabric to groups that i think actually do charity quilting or sewiing. But ny acquiring outpaced my outgoing.
in retrospect - i could have been wiser with my resources. In many ways. It did keep me out of the bars, casinoes, and psychiatrist offices. At the time, it was a more or less "acceptable" addiction in "my group".