jbj137

THANK YOU from me for being soooooo considerate of others (especially out Vets). J J

QM

Thank you for your responses.

gmloves2quilt

I would love to do this also. I'm going to check into it.Thanks for the idea.I'm retired and some times get bored doing the same thing all the time.I really like to quilt and there just so many you can give your family.I know what i will be doing now.
Again thanks for the idea .

cheaha39

Thanks to you, I will remember our seniors and veterans without families, when I next find new homes for my unsold quilts.

urgodschild2

Being a retiree myself I have often thought about the seniors whose families cannot visit them on the holidays and how lonely it must be for them too. I also know that many people in the nursing homes do not have people who visit them and they are alone too. BUT I never thought about making quilts for them. What a wondeful idea. I love quilting and have just stated getting back into this after several years. My daughters could care less about my making them a quilt but my son and grandson are all for having one. Go figure. So I figure that I will be making many over the next years that God is granting me to have and so having ideas of someone that they can go to is a great idea. Thank you.

sylviasmom

I think this is a wonderful idea. So great, that it should be nationwide. I have a few quilts made just to use up fabric that I wasn't to happy with or about. Quilted, I am sure someone will like and will have better use than hanging in my closet. Contacting a senior home manager is the best way to start. How many quilts can we have ready by next December?

QM

I am certain the idea was not original with me. I live in a very small town where many people are involved with the senior center and the development of senior housing.

BTW, both my older sister and brother were hospitalized at the end of their lives. My sister complained of ill treatment, 400 miles from ther daughters and almost 3000 from me. I could not go see her or move her, so I sent her quilts. One was stolen. When her daughters were able to move her to a better facility, one of the first things the social worker did was set up a mini quilt show in her room, since it was mid-summer and she did not want the quilts on her bed. Staff, patients and visitors all came to admire her display, giving her a great deal of contact and pleasure. When my brother was suddenly diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and days to live, I asked what he needed. He asked for socks, because he was constantly cold. DH and I brought socks and a quilt. Then a second quilt because the first needed washing. There was nothing special about those quilts, but they were special to him. He said the same thing, that staff came in just to admire his quilt (Billie Lauder's There's a Dog on my Quilt) and it helped to take his mind off his illness. My SiL said that she wrapped herself in the bigger quilt and cried when he was gone.

I guess I am saying that I don't have to be hit with a hammer to recognise the need in front of me. One thing about a small town is that everything and everyone is in front of your nose. I go to the post office and someone whose name I never knew says how wonderful the baby quilt her cousin got from me was. I made a quilt to help with a school fund raiser for a seriously injured boy with no insurance. When I reached the school to drop off the quilt, a child came out from the restroom, and rushed to help with my wheelchair and to show me the way. I get a great deal back from my giving, but more importantly, I am certain that what I am doing matters, which is a gift to me.

SewExtremeSeams

Thank you. You have given me a good idea to look into.

QM

Talking to the manger of a nursing home sounds good. We went to a low income senior housing office. There are 3 (that I know of) in our county, run by private foundations with mainly volunteer help.

katigirl

Great info and good idea. Thanks. That should be part of our new year's resolution as well as finishing ufos.