Where do you buy your material when you are making charity quilts?
03-08-2012, 04:11 AM
#31
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Great idea! Offer to help quilt what they buy. We call our childrens "draggin" quilts instead of charity quilts, because we HOPE the quilts will be loved and dragged all over the place!
Our Quilts of Valor are about a $100 project, and I wouldn't think of telling anyone where they were going to spend that much on the charity. Does the LQS owner belong to your guild? It's your right to shop wherever you want.
Our Quilts of Valor are about a $100 project, and I wouldn't think of telling anyone where they were going to spend that much on the charity. Does the LQS owner belong to your guild? It's your right to shop wherever you want.
03-08-2012, 04:28 AM
#33
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No way would I quilt for that group. For our local Quilts for Kids group all the fabric is supplied to us via donation or from our own stash never a word said about where to buy it. I know Quilts of Valor have IMHO strict guide lines that you have to follow so I don't quilt for them, but I have sent off a few quilts to soldiers via another local group that sends care packages to troops.
Just remember you are doing this to help others and the ones that finally recieve the quilt aren't going to care where you got the fabric just that someone thought enough of them to give them a hug of warmth in their time of need.
Just remember you are doing this to help others and the ones that finally recieve the quilt aren't going to care where you got the fabric just that someone thought enough of them to give them a hug of warmth in their time of need.
03-08-2012, 05:00 AM
#37
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My church group is happy to have any donations of charity quilts and pillowcase dresses. I check out sales and buy what I can afford. Donations are nonexistent, so it's all out of pocket. Can't imagine a group telling you where to buy if you are donating everything, including time.
03-08-2012, 05:24 AM
#38
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For charity quilts, I will use what I already have in my stash or use my scraps. Even though I work, I don't make that much money, so I have to save where I can. If I want to make a charity quilt, I want it to be nice, but I can't afford to buy all the material, so I just use what I have. Scrappy quilts are also very lovely.
03-08-2012, 05:33 AM
#39
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Originally Posted by ragqueen03
... an organization that makes charity quilts and we were told to buy the material at either a lqs or a specific retailer....
CD in Oklahoma
03-08-2012, 05:41 AM
#40
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Location: Leesburg, Florida
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If I'm going to make charity quilts, I'll decide where I get the fabric from. It won't be expensive LQS fabrics either. Probably from my stash that I started a lot of years ago when fabric was $2 a yard! Or I will find some "charity" fabrics at a thrift store or on freecycle. I don't want the quilts to look cheap either, but get real - $7 and $10 a yard doesn't make a very big quilt and it certainly isn't for giving away unless you are wealthy.
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