Some charity quilt recipients
12-22-2010, 01:54 AM
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I thought that some of you might like to see ladies who "won" the chance to choose a quilt from among about 30 I had. The ladies put their name into a drawing and if they won, they were given the chance to choose a quilt. We were giving away Christmas presents to their children and it is a little fun thing we do for the moms. Here it is commonly called "patchwork".
You can see which ones they chose. I'll include several. It might help some of you realize that ladies from different parts of the world aren't so picky about what they call a "pretty quilt". They chose what THEY wanted out of 20-30 quilts.
I told the ladies that the only condition for their receiving a quilt was to let me take a picture of them because sometimes the people who make the quilts want to see the people who receive them. (It's an excuse--I wanted their pictures even if just I made the quilts, but a few of the quilts I offered were from a church in Largo, FL.)
You can see which ones they chose. I'll include several. It might help some of you realize that ladies from different parts of the world aren't so picky about what they call a "pretty quilt". They chose what THEY wanted out of 20-30 quilts.
I told the ladies that the only condition for their receiving a quilt was to let me take a picture of them because sometimes the people who make the quilts want to see the people who receive them. (It's an excuse--I wanted their pictures even if just I made the quilts, but a few of the quilts I offered were from a church in Largo, FL.)
This one was really just a piece of Toy Story fabric that I added batting to and a backing and tied. Hardly counts as a real quilt....:)
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One church sent me already cut what seemed like placemats. I just sewed them together, found some coordinating fabric and kept adding til it was big enough to make into a quilt.
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This is one that I thought wouldn't go. The workmanship wasn't that great. You can see not well-matched seams. But this lady chose it.
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This one was sent to me by a church in FL. It was really nice.
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This one was also given to me by a church in Largo, FL. (They gave it to me to give away.)
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This is the same lady that took the big crazy quilt. She seemed like she could use them, so I gave her one for each one in her household. These are her choice.
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This lady (left) has 4 children including one son with severe problems. Her oldest is a girl (right) and I told them they could have several (this was Sunday). It's cold this year in Europe and she is a single mom with a lot on her shoulders. Plus, I've got 79 more quilts here at home waiting on binding--well, 7 of those 79 are finished. :)
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From 2009. This was a simple blue/pink patchwork. I liked making it.
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From 2009. Another one I thought wasn't very pretty but this lady chose it.
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I just cut up some used curtains (purchased as such) and made huge squares. I think they were 12" squares.
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From 2009 This one was given to me by one of my sis's customers to finish and give away. (It was a quilt top.)
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12-22-2010, 02:16 AM
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Originally Posted by sewTinker
I hope you realize how special you are...
One thing I wanted to show sewers/quilters here is that some people around the world aren't so picky as Americans tend to be. For many reasons. 1. They are poor and don't have financial choices. 2. They can't buy beautiful fabrics because they aren't here--at any price. The most beautiful quilts here are made from fabrics from the states. 3. Most women here don't have sewing machines and the mentality here would put them as non-sewers anyway.
In this part of the world you tend to specialize and not be the "Renaissance woman" who does everything. If you are a seamstress, then you don't bake, or you don't keep your house clean (! :)) or you may not drive, etc. They tend to look at people as specialists and not as being able to do everything. It is just how they are. (A really good example of this is once I was in the Kitchen Aid shop and a lady with small children came in and said "O I can't bake--I have several children at home." To me it was funny as that is when you need to bake!)
The mentality is gradually changing as more women are exposed to the west.
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12-22-2010, 03:38 AM
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Your generosity knows no bounds! Just proves that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Had no idea that Europeans were not 'adventureous' in the basic skills (like sewing, baking, etc). Glad that is changing.
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