What Do You Do With The Quilts You Make?
07-30-2012, 04:54 AM
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Great answer ! My mother-in-law is ALWAYS after me about "all those quilts". I can't get her to understand that this is my hobby/passion. I sew ! Maybe we can compare it to golf......a golfer just keeps playing the same game over and over..(you would think once would be enough ! LOL )..... Only as quilters, we have something to show for it.
07-30-2012, 06:08 AM
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07-30-2012, 06:11 AM
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I've often thought if I was very industrious (I'm not yet!) and had a giant stack of quilts at Christmas time, I would just let people choose which one they want
My sister in law wrapped all her quilts in the same type box, wrote a # on them from 1-9 (had nine siblings), then had each sibling draw a card..they got the quilt that corresponded to the card they drew...she wanted each of her siblings to have something she made (the quilts were ones she'd made in the previous 3-4 years.
My sister in law wrapped all her quilts in the same type box, wrote a # on them from 1-9 (had nine siblings), then had each sibling draw a card..they got the quilt that corresponded to the card they drew...she wanted each of her siblings to have something she made (the quilts were ones she'd made in the previous 3-4 years.
07-30-2012, 06:13 AM
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I, too, am pretty new at quilting, but have been pretty industrious since beginning in January. I've made three full size quilts for my MIL, mom& grandmother for Mothers day. Several lap quilts for my husband, 3 daughters, dad and one for the cats. One baby quilt for a young girl that was having a very rough pregnancy (everything turned out well in the end) and 4 wall quilts, 1 for my aunt's b-day, 1 for me and 2 for my youngest daughter, who swears everything I make is hers! Currently, I am working on a lap quilt for my oldest daughter and her fiancé as they are closing on their first home next week. I think that about sums it up! Oh and a set of four potholders for my oldest daughter too.
07-30-2012, 06:15 AM
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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.
You could make pillowcases for that pillowcase cause (1000 Pillowcases maybe?) or Little Dresses for Africa (pillowcase dresses).
07-30-2012, 06:40 AM
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07-30-2012, 06:49 AM
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I have the quilts for family members who have said they like and only give if I know they appreciate the work involved. My MIL doesn't I have yet to see anything I have made for her. I also told my husband when I die the kids can fight over them and some of the tops have to be quilted and they can do or pay to have it done. I just love to make quilts.
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