grammyp

So far all my quilts have been given away. 2 were raffled at work, 2 were door prizes, the grands have 3 each, and DD is getting one. The rest have been given to co-workers and friends who are undergoing chemo, dialysis, house fires, having babies or grand babies, or getting married.

When DH got me the frame and mid-arm I had to promise a quilt that would stay at home. I have one in my mind, but haven't started working on it yet.

I go To The Sea To Breathe

I give them to social service who uses them to give to kids that are taken from their homes like in the middle of a fight, abuse etc. It helps for them to have something new and belongs to them when they are taken away. My grandkids went thru that and since we adopted them 2 years ago, they were taken at 4 in the morning by the police and ss and taken without a thing except whaty they had on. The dad had them and ss had gotten a tip that he was abusing them. He wasn't but both parents lost the kids. They are now 12 and 15 good kids. tjey were 3rd and 5th grade when we got them after almost 2 yrs in foster care/. also my quilts go to the women and kids shelter here in town.

grammyp

Yes, LAQ is Long Arm Quilter.

Pamela Artman

I have given many away to family or friends as wedding or Christmas presents. I've donated a couple for a charity quilt auction, kept a few and have a TON of tops waiting to be quilted. I hand quilt my quilts but I need to start machine quilting to finish all those tops!

GladGrams

I haven't been quilting long enough to have an excess of quilts to donate. It seems that as soon as I finish one that has not been prepromised, someone calls "dibbs" on it. I sure would like to make one for me.

jolo

I donate my quillts to families that have lost their homes due to fire. The local fire station or even some one that is in the know can help with this. I watch the news and the local news paper also. My family also get quite a few, mostly the grand kids see it in the making and say, Nana that one is mine. Who can resist that. jolo

Pam J

I am a volunteer with Project Linus and I love making quilts with that bunch! I work full-time, but with all the quick tips I get from that terrific group, I can still make a child size quilt in a week or two. Their workshops are an awesome place to learn; I have seen people who have never made a quilt take a "kit" that Project Linus provides and end up making quilts themselves. There is a lot of teaching and mentoring going on. The quilts are simple, cute, fun, bright and make me happy; we sometimes get little notes from kids who tell us how much they like their quilt and how it gave them comfort in their time of need and that makes it all worth it!

quiltingruthie

Most of my quilts have been for babies (nices and nephew's kids) so they have mostly been given away. Have made one for our youngest son and now working on one for the oldsest son. I hand quilt so it takes me longer. I have also developed a retinal problem so the sight isn't as good as it use to be. I have surgery Wednesday so hope that well help the sight if not just have to learn to live with less sight. Thanks for listening. Ruth

grandma Janice

I started out making them for my children , then when each grandchild was three they got their own quilt. Now I am making wedding quilts for these grandkids. I am putting away baby quilts for each greatgrand child that will come. I think if I don't do it now, when they come along I won't be able to. All my family and sisters have my quilts and I have the rest stored or on the wall or quilt rack. A few have been given to the church to give as gift for 50th celebrations. I have never sold any yet. But it is something I might have to do eventually, you never know.

gwin1943

My quilts are made with a specific person in mind and then they go to that person. My s-i-l and I jointly make wedding quilts for the nieces and nephews. Having lost my husband to cancer and having survived cancer myself, I am on my guild's committee that makes quilts for each child undergoing cancer treatment locally. The chair calls and asks if I have time to make a quilt and gives me the child's first name, age, gender, favorite colors and major interest so that the quilt can be personalized to that child. There are enough people on the committee that we each make only one or two quilts a year for the 45 - 60 children having cancer treatment in our local med center annually. The quilts in my home are ones my grandmother -- for whom I am named and who taught me to quilt in 1970 -- made and some I made for my parents and have back, now that they are gone. Someday, I'm going to make a quilt for myself -- maybe a Christmas quilt.