Attention donation quilters , knitters , crocheters
#61
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: North Carolina
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Thanks so much for this post!
And, as for soldiers not wanting RW&B...I think Holice is on to something. Especially when deployed, they want things to use in their "home" away from home. Personal style triumphs, for even the biggest patriot. And, FWIW, my sis said flat out "After you've seen as much blood as I have, uhno...don't do red. How about purple and yellow?"
And, as for soldiers not wanting RW&B...I think Holice is on to something. Especially when deployed, they want things to use in their "home" away from home. Personal style triumphs, for even the biggest patriot. And, FWIW, my sis said flat out "After you've seen as much blood as I have, uhno...don't do red. How about purple and yellow?"
#62
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 2,137
Oh great. I just finished a donation baby blanket for our guild....and it's pink! But here's the deal. I went shopping for fleece with the intention of only buying unisex colors/patterns. Last year's blanket was rubber duckies on deep blue (front) and a nice deep yellow for the back. Well, this year, there was absolutely nothing remotely appealing that would have fit the bill. I was so frustrated because of course the blanket had to be done 'yesterday'. So I just bought the pink stuff and whipped it up. Sigh.
#63
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 659
Certainly true
Thanks for the reminder! I know that I tend to make girly things. Recently an organization I belong to collected newborn baby items for needy families and we noticed that most of the items donated were for baby girls - when I went shopping I made sure I bought baby boy items. As a grandma I find it more difficult to find cute clothes for my grandsons than for my granddaughters.
#64
As a mother of 2 boys, young adults now, I make things pilow cases and quilts using bright colors(orange, red, green, blues). That gets away from the pinks and purples. I also always pick up train fabrics. My sons loved trains so I still gravitate to those fabrics.
#66
Wow this is an incredible enlightening thread! Who knew? Now I will be doubly careful in fabric choices and focusing more on boy donations that are definitively boy only and obviously needed!
Thank-you for bringing this to the board and for all the quilters that have posted confirming it is an issue within their own experience!
Thank-you for bringing this to the board and for all the quilters that have posted confirming it is an issue within their own experience!
#67
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Rochester, NY.
Posts: 49
Attention donation quilters, knitters, crocheted
I am a chapter coordinator for Project Linus and you are right. I have so many girl blankets, but, whenever I have someone call or email me regarding information about making blankets, I kindly ask them to please consider making blankets for boys, as we just don't seem to get enough of them. I know we like pink and frilly, but our little boys need blankets too, so that's why I ask. Great post, thank you.
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