My s-i-l responded to an ad on Craigslist re: fabric. When she told the lady we make Quilts for Kids, the lady DONATED it ALL to her. It has taken quite a while to get it organized and displayed so we can see it all, but here it is. My DH came up with the idea of the closet rod. {{smile}} The closed boxes below are fill of felt, fleece, home deco, canvas, tulle, etc...that are not best used in quilting. There are two small boxes of flannels (at least 1 yd +) and the larger box on end is pieces of fabric less than a yard. Keep in mind, this new stash did not fit into my sewing room.....I have encroached upon another room...hehehehe.

That's a lot of Quilts for Kids!

WOW :shock:

Wow, what a nice thing for her to do!! And how nice of you to make quilts for kids!!

That is wonderful! I am sure she is glad too that it will be used for a good purpose. I like to make donation quilts for the millitary and know that the cost of materials can become prohibitive. Congrats.

Whoa! That's a lot of fabric. Nice haul.

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How generous of her!! Looks like a lot of quilts for the kids :thumbup:

WOW

way cool.

That was extremely generous. It must have been fun going thru all of it.

How wonderful is that!!!!

What a fantastic story... about BOTH of you.

Lori

How neat - have fun making quilts for the kids.

Wow-that was great of her to donate it all to you!

Score. Wow that was so nice of the lady to just donate all that.
You guys are going to have fun with that. Congrats. There are some wonderful people out there. :thumbup:

Wow, you really did get a big response.
How nice of you to make quilts to donate,imagine all the smiles you will bring.

wow, how kind and generous!

wow. lots of kids are going to be happy and warm. the lady who dontaedand you are both angels. doing the happy dance for you. :lol: :lol: :lol:

woohoo claudia! We are going to be a busy bunch aren't we! Y'all did a great job organizing all that! Look forward to our get togethers!

Wonderful people are still out and around.

Don't you just love it when people support your efforts like that?!! So very generous of both of you!
And now, I have a question--your yardage hanging system looks pretty interesting--how did you do that? :D

what a blessing.

congrats that sure will make a lot of quilts for kids

My husband spent $20 on the closet rod and the hooks.. JoAnn's was happy to save some of their cardboard bolts to give me. We cut and bent wire coat hangers to fit into the opening on the end of the bolts and voila....bolts of fabric to hang up. All of the hanging pieces are at least a yard or more. The pieces under a yards are folded in the open box...with the exception of the two boxes of flannels, of all sizes. Neat, huh!?

Very neat! Thank you for sharing how you did that. I will have to give it a try!

Lucky Kids and you!

The Truman Smith Foundation Hospital in Gladewater, Tx. could use some quilts for kids. The have termanily ill cildren that needs soft blankets or quilts and soft cuddly toys. just heard about the need .
Annette

Oh my!

You certainly deserve it. Thank you for caring for our needy children... You are true angels.

WOW

How did you hang up that material with the hangers. Great idea. Could you explain how you hooked the hangers to the cardboard.

how wonderful..some folks are so generous, it's a good thing to see. what great ideas you can come up with...where will you start ? :P

That is great....I can feel the warmth

Wow! Aren't you the lucky one!!

ILuvtoQuilt....Your avatar is absolutely georgous!!! Stunning!!!

Neat find! :)

Wow that is very good lady, to donate all that nice fabric to you.

Thats one big stash for kids quilts. Nice of you to undertake this project. Good luck with your quilts.

you sure lucked out on that one!