What Do You Do With The Quilts You Make?
#52
All of my finished quilts have found their new homes. The WIPs and UFOs mostly have designated recipients...including one that I've claimed for myself. The unclaimed ones will find homes eventually, most likely when a friend or family member sees one and asks "is that one mine?".
#54
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Small town in Northeast Oregon close to Washington and Idaho
Posts: 2,795
I feel horrible. I have never given a quilt to charity. I give them to family only, and to my husband. I buy the expensive fabric and have them LA quilted and I don't know if I could spend that much money on a quilt and then give it to charity. That would be like $250. Am I horrible??? I don't machine quilt, so I can't defray the cost of the quilt by doing it myself. I give them as Christmas, Anniversary, birthday, etc. gifts. I just don't know if I could donate one. Now I feel bad. I read how all of you donate so many of your quilts. 20 a month? I don't make that many in a year. I feel guilty for not donating. Maybe I could make pillowcases and donate them, but I just can't do a $250 quilt.
#55
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,789
I feel horrible. I have never given a quilt to charity. I give them to family only, and to my husband. I buy the expensive fabric and have them LA quilted and I don't know if I could spend that much money on a quilt and then give it to charity. That would be like $250. Am I horrible??? I don't machine quilt, so I can't defray the cost of the quilt by doing it myself. I give them as Christmas, Anniversary, birthday, etc. gifts. I just don't know if I could donate one. Now I feel bad. I read how all of you donate so many of your quilts. 20 a month? I don't make that many in a year. I feel guilty for not donating. Maybe I could make pillowcases and donate them, but I just can't do a $250 quilt.
#57
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Spring Lake, Michigan
Posts: 978
I'm a newbie. First quilt is on our bed. 2nd quilt is waiting for first great granddaughter, 3rd quilt given to our oldest son, 4th quilt (I'm working on it now) is for our granddaughter, next quilt (in waiting) is for our bed because first quilt is going to oldest granddaughter. Don't know about the rest because I've got several kits and several packages of fabric bought for specific patterns. I'm not worried about where they are going. At this point, quilting is my "sanity".
Working for a living takes too much time---really cuts into my quilting time...but I am happy to be employed after so much time looking for a job!
#58
Quilting keeps me in good health! I'm certain that if I hadn't started quilting when I retired, I would have become lost without enough to do. I make quilts (or items) to sell, for special occasions in our family, for donations to various causes, and as gifts to friends. My husband receives an anniversary quilt each year. No question from anyone what they might receive from me for a wedding gift. Sometimes, family doesn't respond with as much thrill as I might have had in making it but it's the love that went into it that matters. A thank you card might be all I hear back. Young people can be like that.
Our pets love quilts and show their appreciation by using every quilted item they can access. So, our furniture and surfaces have quilts/quilted items that are rotated depending on the season. They're washable and protect the furniture in the long run. Items I keep may be 'experiments' and either are exceptional or just good enough for day-to-day use. What else would I do with my stash????
Someday, family will inherit items I've made to do with as they see fit. Just as I've always cherished what my grandmother made decades ago. I believe she felt as I do now. And, I'm glad to have some of her still with me and I love the memories. Perhaps that'll carry on in my family too.
Our pets love quilts and show their appreciation by using every quilted item they can access. So, our furniture and surfaces have quilts/quilted items that are rotated depending on the season. They're washable and protect the furniture in the long run. Items I keep may be 'experiments' and either are exceptional or just good enough for day-to-day use. What else would I do with my stash????
Someday, family will inherit items I've made to do with as they see fit. Just as I've always cherished what my grandmother made decades ago. I believe she felt as I do now. And, I'm glad to have some of her still with me and I love the memories. Perhaps that'll carry on in my family too.
#59
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Spring Lake, Michigan
Posts: 978
I feel horrible. I have never given a quilt to charity. I give them to family only, and to my husband. I buy the expensive fabric and have them LA quilted and I don't know if I could spend that much money on a quilt and then give it to charity. That would be like $250. Am I horrible??? I don't machine quilt, so I can't defray the cost of the quilt by doing it myself. I give them as Christmas, Anniversary, birthday, etc. gifts. I just don't know if I could donate one. Now I feel bad. I read how all of you donate so many of your quilts. 20 a month? I don't make that many in a year. I feel guilty for not donating. Maybe I could make pillowcases and donate them, but I just can't do a $250 quilt.
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