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Old 01-30-2011, 12:08 PM
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I just signed up to receive my first Downy quilt kit. I am so excited, that I just had to share. I have never done a quilt for charity before, and since I'm a newbie I hope I'll be able to do it well enough. The only think I'm worried about is the machine quilting. Hope they're not too picky! Wish me luck!
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I too have signed up for the Downy program, and I feel that they will be happy with anything as long as you follow their rules and requirements :D i have done quilts for charities before and they really do need them, there are a lot of kids out there that would love all of us to donate more than one, it really is a quick quilt project
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Could you tell me how to sign up for making a Downy quilt? I would love to do one for charity. Don't know anything about it.
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Go to.....www.quiltsforkids.com

I belong and it is a great organization.
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You will love this charity. I belong to it also.
You can do a quilt in about a day. The pattern is a 9-patch.
The only thing they require is that the backing be flipped over for the binding and stitched real well.
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Thanks for the info.
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Old 01-30-2011, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by karenchi
You will love this charity. I belong to it also.
You can do a quilt in about a day. The pattern is a 9-patch.
The only thing they require is that the backing be flipped over for the binding and stitched real well.
I didn't realize they couldn't have seperate bindings.
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They can have a binding on them. They just don't provide that fabric but you can use any in your stash if you choose to do a binding. I have donated 44 quilts to this great charity and never have had one rejected.
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Old 01-30-2011, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by MommaDorian
Originally Posted by karenchi
You will love this charity. I belong to it also.
You can do a quilt in about a day. The pattern is a 9-patch.
The only thing they require is that the backing be flipped over for the binding and stitched real well.
I didn't realize they couldn't have seperate bindings.
They can have regular binding, as long as it is sewn down well. They just don't want loose edges that can catch on medical equipment :wink:
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Originally Posted by almostfree
I just signed up to receive my first Downy quilt kit. I am so excited, that I just had to share. I have never done a quilt for charity before, and since I'm a newbie I hope I'll be able to do it well enough. The only think I'm worried about is the machine quilting. Hope they're not too picky! Wish me luck!
Simple quilting is fine on these quilts. SID or diagonal, what ever you feel comfortable doing :D:D:D

All they ask is that they are quilted fairly well, as these will get a lot of laundering :D:D:D
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