what do you do with your finished quilts and quilting?
 

I love quilting but after a while you dont know what to do with your finished quilts and quilting unless you are going to sell it.What do you do with yours?

Keep some, give as gifts, gift to charity

Visit a nursing home and see people with their lap quilts. There are never enough. When they play bingo, they always need gifts for a winner. A lap robe would be greatly appreciated.

If you like baby quilts, inquire if the Premies at your local hospital could use some.

I do sell a great deal of what I make. I also give mine to family..and friends. Seems like when I get started , and by the time I finish someone makes a comment about how much they like it... so off it goes.

Give as gifts to friends and family. Give to charity. Give to auctions for charity/local schools/fundraisers. Rotate them on my beds every couple of months. Hang as decorations and rotate those every few months.

Honestly I am just geting to the point where I am not sure what I will do , I guess the best thing is charity.

Most of mine are given away. Wedding gifts, baby gifts, I'm thinking of you gifts, and donations.
I have given away hundreds of quilts.

I give mine to fund raisers and charities. My kids and grandkids already have enough.

I donate 95% of mine to McDonald House in Morgantown. Also send some to the local hospitals.

I stack them in closets.

I like Tartan's ideas. Years ago my mom told me about an old woman she knew who had a bed piled high with quilts. She would show them to visitors, folding back one at a time. I guess she either sold or gave them away. I have a trunk I keep some in, hang some, use some on beds. When my daughters visited from out west last month, one of them took a couple to use for kids in her preschool special needs class. She'd like more that kids can use for naps and such, so when current projects are done, I'll make some cute kid ones for her. Also gave some to a niece who works in children's hospital. She gave them to kids in great need of cheering up.

I absolutely LOVE that idea! The elderly get cold so easily, and so many of them are the "forgotten ones". I will definitely start doing that!

I do what "Peckish" does cause my kids have more than enough but last year at Christmas I gave each of my married kids (4) a quilt an told them to give it away to some one who could use it. They were happy to do that. This year i really don;t know what I will do but I am going to a craft fair an just maybe I can sell some of them there. Don't expect I will make a profit but if I at least get the cost of the materials in it back that will be fine with me.

I keep/display, gift, or donate. Though I don't keep many.

So far all that I've finished and about half that I haven't have designated recipients. I recently sent a box full of UFO tops and some supplies to someone in Oklahoma whose guild was finishing them and giving them to folks in the tornado devastation area. By the time I finish one completely it usually has a recipient.

When I realized I was "pumping them out" too fast, and knew I was going to have "too many" ... I upped my style. I don't have kids, thus no grands, and no need for gifting them to the extended family. Yes, I give to charities, my favourite being the local Hospice Home.

So to slow down the mass production ... I went for more intricate work, that was going to be more of a challenge and/or take more time to do. Plus, I started to learn how to do the actual quilting. Both have helped reduced the quantity, and sure have improved the quality. And yes, I still toss in some easy-peasy ones too!

It's been more than worthwhile ... and I love the improved results!

charities are always looking for quilts

I like this response. Good for you!

There is no bad answer to this question. I have one almost done (just needs binding) that is headed for my Nana, and two miniature newborn sized quilts waiting for the right home to present itself. And at least 5 WIP with no particular home in mind. Many of those I imagine will be donated to Project Linus or a nursing home. There are many wonderful options for getting your quilts adopted!

A raffle for a charity

A raffle for a charity?

Thanks Peckish ... and thus I have completed the Farmer's Wife Sampler as well as the Pony Club quilts. Now, I am actually planning to start Dear Jane this coming winter. What have I got myself into? :D

So far I have made quilts for all but myself. Working on a dbl wedding ring right now that is quilt-as-you-go. Interesting but not going too quickley. I quilt with a group and have donated 2 tops. We hand quilt and sell them to help our community.

Probably 98% of my quilts are donated or given as gifts. I would like to sell some at our local craft fair in the fall, but I can barely get stuff done for donation or me, little only "stocking" up on quilts. LOL

family, friends, total strangers, organizations- I give a lot of quilts to the women's resource center- for the shelter, to the fire department- for people who's homes have burned, the state police department- for that emergency situation where a cozy quilt can make someone feel better, fund raisers, downy quilts for kids, St. Judes, and the Hospice house...and when ever some other organization approaches & asks...there are always places/ organizations that appreciate your donation- and put them to good use- either by gifting them or by raffling, auctioning.

Just about all my completed quilts go to the Linus Project

I've only been quilting about five years and I've made about 50 quilts. I've kept three. I've given 8 or 10 to friends/family. The rest have been donated - mostly to Quilts For Kids. When I decided to start this hobby I made up my mind from the beginning that the quilts would not stay with me. I made a baby quilt in the first basic quilt class that I took - I deliberately chose a baby quilt so I would not be tempted to keep it. :D I donated it to a women's shelter. I photograph all of them so, in a way, I've also kept all of them.

Most of mine are gifts for family/friends. I have a few completed tops that have no designated home and I really wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them. Normally I hand quilt. Several of the completed tops are sampler style as a result of BOM's at my LQS. Not quite my cup of tea. It finally occurred to me recently that I could machine quilt them and donate them. Haven't gotten started on that plan yet as I have been quite busy with other things but that's my plan.

From a former nurse who has worked in long term care facilities...use fabrics that can stand up to abuse. If the residents do not have families who take their laundry home to wash the detergents used at the facility can give the items a real bruising.

Wish I had that problem. I've been quilting for years and years and still don't have a quilt I sleep under!! Requests from family and gift occasions keep me busy quilting full time.......Wish I COULD accumulate a quilt stash!!

If there's a VA Hospital in your area, you could make wheelchair quilts. There are numerous groups -- Project Linus, Quilts of Valor, Marine Comfort Quilts, that are more than thankful to receive quilts.

I don't think I will ever catch up with requests for quilts - so I don't have that problem. :)

I mostly give my quilts to family and friends. When I'm making it sometimes it doesn't have a home, then someone comes over and falls in love and takes it home.

I am about to begin my 14th grandbaby quilt. As long as no one gets pregnant, I will finally have made one for each. Next I have 5 of my 9 children to make for. In between I make charity quilts, and for gifts. After many years I finally made one for myself this past year. Once the family is done, I am hoping to make quilts for Shriners hospital, for all they have done for my daughter over many years

Most of my quilts are for 2 charity quilt groups that I sew with/for; The Linus Connection and Thank You Quilters. It's a joy to make quilts for people who don't complain about the quilt not matching their decor and specific color scheme.
I've been making charity quilts for about 25 years. I firmly believe, that God gave me the ability and talents to make quilts for the neediest of His people. I recently wanted to stop making these quilts; that night I had a dream where I saw many sad,cold children and soldiers who were needing a comfort quilt.
My family and other relatives all have one or more quilts.
Sharon

I make quilts for my chapter for Quilts for Kids. Bringing smiles to ill children is very rewarding.

Literally every quilt I have made has a home before it is finished. Unfortunately, that means I do not own any, but I keep planning...

Our DSIL is a doctor for a VA hospital, and from what I hear the quilts might not survive there either. Most really nice personal things are stolen by domestic staff. I have witnessed that in nursing homes too, but I don't have any solutions.