Inheriting more fabric
#63
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 738
Many times when children are taken from their home and put into foster care, they leave with very little to call their own.
I like to give to my own home town area where there is plenty of need.
Starting with your Dept. Of Social Services and Foster care service is a great place to start.
I like to give to my own home town area where there is plenty of need.
Starting with your Dept. Of Social Services and Foster care service is a great place to start.
#66
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lebanon Missouri
Posts: 2,668
Check with hospice also hospitals that have a center for Womens Health or Chemo Patients -they really appreciate a nice quilt,my Husband was always cold during and after his treatments- Childrens Hospitals There are so many in need My MIL's quilting circle of church ladies accept fabrics/threads for making guilts for several of these I listed -Also Elderly Care facilities take donations to make quilts to give to the less fortunate and they are so tickled to know they can still be useful and busy and in doing so they pass along Hope to those in need
#67
[quote=QuiltE]How nice of you to consider others, with your fabric blessings.
There are so many in need, where it will be appreciated.
Though I want you to consider first, if charity starts at home, in this case? Perhaps consider making quilts for your brother and any children/grand they have? Also her parents, siblings or close friends. Maybe memory quilts with photos included?
It could be a very touching gesture to give them quilts made from her stash.
I agree here it would be nice for the other members of the family to have something that was hers. Giving her husband a quilt made from her stash...
There are so many in need, where it will be appreciated.
Though I want you to consider first, if charity starts at home, in this case? Perhaps consider making quilts for your brother and any children/grand they have? Also her parents, siblings or close friends. Maybe memory quilts with photos included?
It could be a very touching gesture to give them quilts made from her stash.
I agree here it would be nice for the other members of the family to have something that was hers. Giving her husband a quilt made from her stash...
#68
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 1,457
I'd say start with family members first - that could be quite a few - if you figure children, grand children, or greats....
Then, the nursing homes love lap quilts - the people enjoy them so much and if they can have flannel backs for warmth; some are so cold, winter and summer and need the comfort of warmth from that quilt... I plan to do that once I have my family done.
Then, the nursing homes love lap quilts - the people enjoy them so much and if they can have flannel backs for warmth; some are so cold, winter and summer and need the comfort of warmth from that quilt... I plan to do that once I have my family done.
#70
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Dover, PA
Posts: 54
try the military, maybe someone you know has a family
member in the service in Afganistan, or someone from church, or a neighbor, send them something
they can wrap up in and enjoy. Maybe they won't miss being home.
They appreciate those things more than anyone realizes
member in the service in Afganistan, or someone from church, or a neighbor, send them something
they can wrap up in and enjoy. Maybe they won't miss being home.
They appreciate those things more than anyone realizes
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