Do you make charity quilts?
#41
I cut 6" squares of 2 colors, sew them together, checkerboard style, 7 across and 9 down, then add a 3" (cut) border. This makes a very nice todler quilt about 44" x 55" and will fit on a 45" backing fabric. I quilt them on my longarm with a very simple, open pattern, then do the binding completely by machine. Very fast and sturdy.
The quilting panto is Paper Chase.
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#42
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Jozefow, Poland
Posts: 4,474
We do give away a lot of quilts to ladies here in Poland and in the area (I've posted before with pics). We have a lady and her mom (both retired--one is in her 60's and her mom is in her 80's) who make us baby quilts. I give them out each Christmas to poor ladies in the area along with a bag of diapers and other baby stuff.
And the ladies absolutely LOVE them. They are so pretty and unlike anything we have here.
So, for everyone else... I make twin size or bigger. I usually make twin size, but occasionally I try to make some queen sizes for a bigger bed--for two people. When using a panel, I usually just add borders around the edges of it (for example, Spiderman which start out 36x45) till it gets to be twin sized so that the children/young people can use them on their beds without their toes sticking out.
Here's the post from before for anyone who wants to see some of the ladies. http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-84453-1.htm
Many of them have a very hard life, and we are glad to help them out. We just tie the quilts, though my goal this year is to learn to FMQ. However, my kids and I can tie a quilt in half an hour (of course, I've already put the thread through at that point, after layering it...)
And the ladies absolutely LOVE them. They are so pretty and unlike anything we have here.
So, for everyone else... I make twin size or bigger. I usually make twin size, but occasionally I try to make some queen sizes for a bigger bed--for two people. When using a panel, I usually just add borders around the edges of it (for example, Spiderman which start out 36x45) till it gets to be twin sized so that the children/young people can use them on their beds without their toes sticking out.
Here's the post from before for anyone who wants to see some of the ladies. http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-84453-1.htm
Many of them have a very hard life, and we are glad to help them out. We just tie the quilts, though my goal this year is to learn to FMQ. However, my kids and I can tie a quilt in half an hour (of course, I've already put the thread through at that point, after layering it...)
My daughter trimming the batting after we finished tying this Spiderman twin sized charity quilt.
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#46
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Delaware County, SW of Phila.
Posts: 610
I make 44X60 approximate size. Our guild has the kits made up and we just sew the tops, layer and quilt. The are 5 blocks across and 7 down. Easy to do. We also do Baby quilts that are 36x36. Also, precut. We also do Quilts of Valor but those vary in size and are usually a larger size. Making anything for charity makes me feel good. It is so appreciated and needed.
#47
I like to make them around 40" wide so I don't have to piece the backing. Lazy, I know, but it just goes so much faster when I don't have to make the extra seems and press all that much more.
#50
I make nothing but charity quilts. The juvenille quilts I make are usually 42x48. The hospice quilts need to accomodate those in wheelchairs so I make those 42x60 or 70. I seldom make any wider so I don't have to piece the back as I need to get as many done as possible as there is a never ending need for the quilts.
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