How many quilts do you keep?
#11
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: kansas
Posts: 6,407
too many! I have given to all family members and charity, but generally keep ones that I make without having been made for someone specifically. I keep a quilt journal and for each quilt I put which child receives it when I die (or other person sometimes). I don't go ahead and give these to my kids (although they have many) because I don't want them being used as dog beds--at least while I'm alive!
#12
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 2,867
Zero for me. I came late to quilting - coming up on 10 years. I have so many children, grandchildren and great grandchildren that I never get caught up. Someone is always getting married, graduating from college or having a baby. I do a Double Irish Chain in the works for me and fabric for a two fabric bargello. I've done prayer quilts for church and donation quilts for Cystic Fibrosis, too.
I have fabric collected for a Garden Gate quilt for my bed, but it's on hold as long as I have a dog on my bed.
I have fabric collected for a Garden Gate quilt for my bed, but it's on hold as long as I have a dog on my bed.
Last edited by Irishrose2; 10-09-2020 at 05:48 PM.
#13
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mableton, GA
Posts: 11,335
I keep most of mine. I have made several for the grands, daughter in law (wall hangings) and a lot of baby quilts to give away. But I mostly quilt for my own pleasure to try out a new technique, thread, etc and then like them. One day they will all get donated.
#14
I have 12 quilts of various sizes. I have 2 quilts for each bed; 1 for spring/summer and 1 for fall/winter. I have 1 quilt I use as a table cloth, 3 quilts are hanging on the wall, One quilt was made for me by my family for my 80th birthday and I treasure it along with a quilt I made after my mother died. I cut up all of the cotton house dresses she wore and I made a quilt with them. I also have a quilt made by the quilt guild in Juneau, Alaska that I won at the South Florida County Fair. I always know exactly what I am going to do with a quilt when I make them. I have gifted my children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nephews and nieces. I usually make my grandchildren a quilt when they are born, when they graduate from high school and when they get married. That keeps me busy because I have a large family. I also enjoy making wall hangings, table runners and table toppers.
#15
I have a collection of quilts that I keep because they are exchange blocks from the members of my quilt guilds. But quilts I have made specifically for me are very few. Most of the quilts I make are for family I have a goal of one for every member of my family. This started with baby quilts for the babies as they arrived and grew to graduation and wedding quilts. Now, I am working on the folks who have not fit into any of those categories. Bottom line and back to the topic at hand is.....I keep very few of the the quilts I make. I create them for others and seldom for myself.
#16
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Yorkville, IL
Posts: 7,639
I have a lot. I make a lot for donation and I make a lot for my family. They all say they have more than they need. I have gifted some to friends. During this pandemic most of what I have made is for donation and my pile hasn’t increased.
#17
I mentally count 15 around the house. My sister has about 4. Mom, too. Aunts and some cousins have received gifts. If you get married or have a baby, you get a quilt! I visited one of my best friends the other day, and she had the quilt I made for her on the guest bed. It felt amazing to see it being appreciated.
#19
Member
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 35
Zero. I've never made a quilt to keep! I only make baby quilts for family and close friends and sadly, I don't even have pictures of most of them! It's funny, I was just thinking I might make a throw quilt to keep...a buffalo plaid in tan, beige, and cream if I can find the right fabrics.
#20
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Florida
Posts: 5,968
I have a large trunk full of quilts, a quilt for each bed and about 4 hanging quilts, those are for keeps for a while. I have a stockpile of quilts on a small loveseat in my dining room. That stockpile is what I let visitors and family choose from when I want them to have a quilt. The ones in the trunk are the ones I like the most. Either they went into a show or they just turned out great. When I want to add one to the trunk, I take one out of the trunk and it goes to the stockpile.