Make all you want!

No such thing as to many. I make and give away. Have 3 right now in process for gifts. I have four on my bed right now. I keep quilts my on both beds, the recliners and in a quilt rack my DH made me for Christmas a couple of years ago.

NEED? When do quilters worry about NEED? Would we have our wonderful stashes if we did?! :-D If you're making bed quilts, you can rotate them on and off. I have found that lap size (a bit smaller than a twin) is very versatile for using around the house, or to give for gifts.

Since I finished my first bed size quilt in 1968 I have actually worn out a couple. I have a trunk full as well as several cloth bags and a few boxes. I always have one on my bed. There is one thrown over each of the wing chairs in my living room to hide the upholestry that my cat shredded and one over the sofa also. I have given away at least one to everyone in my family. I made my daughter a king size one as a wedding present and gave my step-daughter a king size one for her 20th wedding anniversary. Each of my grandchildren has gotten at least one. I am always making wall hangings or table runners as wedding or anniversary gifts for friends and family. I also make an average of 20 Linus quilts a month. At present I am putting together a huge T shirt quilt for a client. You can never have enough quilts.

I have given most of mine away and I have 5 or 6 for our one bed. I plan on making as many as I can before I go to the big quilt room in the sky. Let my heirs decide what to do with them.

Didn't know you could have too many.

Of course, if you give all of them away, you need to have some for yourself. Different weights for different weather you know. Then there is one for DH and one for DD and one for DS, one in the car for picnics, etc, etc.

I believe a person always needs at least one more than they have!

I havent kept any yet for myself. BUT KEEP MAKING THEM for charity....so many need them. Baby quilts, lap quits for elderly, small size quilts for teens and adults, quilts for vets, quilts for American Heros wounded, quilts for victims of disasters(such as haiti and New Orleans) it goes on and on. Keep sewing them :) . So little time, so much fabric, so many quilts needed.

Margie

There is no 'too many'. If you enjoy making them and have the ideas go for it.

Bearspaws, I, too, am new to the chat. I read of your desire to quilt, quilt, quilt, and just want to let you know that if you have ANY quilts, tops, squares, or ? that you would like to donate, I am a member of the Prayers & Squares International, Chapter 313, in Birmingham, Alabama. (If you would like to review the website, it is http://www.prayerquilt.org. A great caring ministry usually in a church environment. Our chapter is quite small and we have difficulty keeping up with the requests for comfort quilts.) We will be delighted to add whatever you, or anyone else would like to donate. We generally try to keep to lap quilt size, but have had unfinished quilt top donations as large as oversized king, which we then were able to make into four quilts and several prayer squares.

Thank you for considering donating to this ministry any tops, quilts, squares, wall hangings or table runners.

Boldripper