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Old 09-05-2011, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by mimee4
I use what I have. I, too, purchase fabric from JoAnn's that is on sale especially for charity kids' quilts or any other I'm working on.
I used to do that but now Joanne's quality is so poor I wouldn't consider using it any more. Thank God that I have a large stash of fabric purchased back in the days when their quality was good.
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Old 09-05-2011, 10:43 AM
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I use fabric from my stash and occasionally buy fabric to go with it.
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Old 09-05-2011, 11:04 AM
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I have made many charity quilts and I only use good fabric. I use the fabric from my stash and one book that I especially like for children and can be used for any ages is by Karin Renaud titled Quilts from the Heart and now she has Quilts from the Heart II. I love her quilts.
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Old 09-05-2011, 11:09 AM
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I try to make every quilt one that I would use. Therefore, even for charity quits, I use quality fabric. I would hate to think that a quilt I made went to someone and then fell apart. That would be be an insult to that person and to me.
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Old 09-05-2011, 12:08 PM
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When making charity quilts, I use fabric from my stash, that I would use for making quilts for family and friends, or raffle quilts for my church fair. Sometimes I used fabric that had been given to me by friends to be used for charity quilts. I once made a quilt using a mustard gold and red calico print, probably from the 60's or before. I could have used sunglasses it was so bright, but a month or two later the guild received a picture of a baby and that "bright gold" quilt. It wasn't fabric I would have normally used to make a quilt, but it was quality fabric, just from a previous era.
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Old 09-05-2011, 12:45 PM
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My guild makes charity quilts, and I was tempted to use "not so nice" patterns. Then at a meeting we read the letters sent to the guild from the people who received our blankets. Mine was given to a woman whose home burned down right after her diagnosis of cancer. Red Cross gave her a quilt and put her and her husband in a motel. She wrote to thank us for the beautiful blanket of pink and purple flowers that reminded her of the garden she used to tend. She passed away two weeks after sending off the letter. That was my quilt. Now nothing is too nice to give to someone in need.
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Old 09-05-2011, 12:46 PM
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I use fabric from my stash, sometimes I am not ashamed to admit I donate quilts that did not turn out the way I wanted or patterns that I try but don't like the end result! and other times I use fabric that I had forever and don't like anymore
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Old 09-05-2011, 12:52 PM
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I use the same quality material that I would use for myself, most of the time, it is material left over from other projects, ( I always have plenty of that). I use a block that uses 5- 4'' squares and 2- 7 1/2 '' x 4 '' rectangles. Easy large blocks and I have fun using my scraps.
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Old 09-05-2011, 02:34 PM
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I love making quilts for kids. I buy fabric from a quilt store that frequently has sales, and I also buy from Hobby Lobby, JoAnn's, and Walmart--I just "feel" it for quality. Here are a couple of pictures of unfinished Project Linus quilts--the first is from Bonnie Hunter's quiltville site:http://quiltville.com/streakofsunshine.shtml
The novelty sport quilt is from a pattern from a blog called Freda's Hive: http://fredashive.blogspot.com/2011/...or-family.html
We are so fortunate to have these generous bloggers share their quilt patterns with us! There are a lot out there!The last quilt I did not make but want to; it is from http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransso...ice-quilt.html

Streak of Sunshine
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Picnic quilt from Freda's Hive
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From Oh Fransson's blog
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Old 09-05-2011, 03:48 PM
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I USE MY STASH. FOR CHILDREN I USE FABRIC PATTERNS APPROPRIATE --BEARS. DOGS. CARTOONS. ETC. FOR MILITARY RED, WHITE & BLUE OR MASCULINE FABRICS LIKE PLAID. THESE ARE THE ONES I TRY NEW PATTERNS TO SEE IF THEY ARE EASY TO PUT TOGETHER.
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