I usually see a quilt pattern and think "I have to make this for........I always have a person in mind. I really want to make on for myself.

most of the time i make them because i like the pattern, but if i need one for a gift i will have one ready to give away ( thats if i can part with it )

Some I make for a certain person as a gift but most I just make because I love to try new patterns & techniques.

I make them because I like them or want to learn a new technique. Sometimes I sell them if anyone shows an interest and sometimes I give them away to friends or to charity.It's all good fun in any case.

Pick me, pick me. lol I just make mine for someone I love or some cause. I choose the pattern and colors to suit the person. I am just now starting one for my sonin the Navy. I am starting the Ship @ Sea and doing it in different blues and greys for the sky and water. I will use white for all the sails and blacks for the ship part. I have some nautical material ordered I will put in one of the borders on it.

I'm a quilting animal and usually turn out 1 a wk...I sell them on ebay be it "top only" or "full quilt". I like to mail them off to friends and family as surprises. Then there's charities and for our Soldiers...So there's always a way to rid yourself of over quilting.

Recently I took a class with Bonne Hunter and I decided to make a large lap quilt that I could send to Walter Reed Hospital for the injured military. My family lives in Florida, so who wants a quilt. I have made wallhangings for them with a theme.

I made one for my grandson called Brick Road that I got from one of my older quilting books. You stager the bricks. I made mine with flannel. You can can use scraps.

If interested I will send you the measurements for the size quilt.
They used fat quarters I bought the colors in yardage and cut my own squares because it was less expensive. It is so good for a man. The book gives measurements for crib to queen. Maybe the pattern is on the internet.

Have fun! Elsie Irene

you could donate them to a shelter for kids and women...our group make several a year....it is theirs to keep and I get to keep sewing with no guilt..........

I do both. But they all usually end up with someone who wants one. 8-)