Quilting blessings
10-22-2010, 05:08 AM
#21
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Queendaria, thank you for sharing this story! I taught high school science for 29 years until my recent retirement... and teenagers are just big kids who want (and many desperately NEED) love... lots of it! You have inspired me to seek out a local avenue for giving to these souls. I know there is a youth shelter in our community and I suspect they would more-than-welcome some "quilt-love." Again, thank you for sharing this experience with us!
10-22-2010, 05:21 AM
#22
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I didn't do a lot of donating until my granddaughter was born. She was two months earlier and in the NICU. I made her a quilt and it was put over her incubator. Thus, I started making quilts for all the babies in her unit! After she was home, I continued to make them and she with her parents would go back and donate them! Now, I belong to a Guild and make Hospice quilts. My uncle and my husband's cousin both died at Hospice units.
10-22-2010, 05:34 AM
#24
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Location: Coeur d'Alene, ID
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That is SO heartwarming. Thank you and your friends for doing this, and thanks to everyone else who gives of themselves to brighten someoneone else's life.
I've hesitated to the point of not saying anything about what my husband and I are doing for the 41yr old single mom who works res.hab. therapy 30 hours a week with our daughter.
My husband was able, with two partners, to acquire 8 trailers for $1.00 each. So far, they have completely gutted 4 of them, are in the process of drywalling, installing cabinets, carpet, vinyl, cleaning up the yards, putting in new steps/patios, roofs. We are taking the profits that we would have made from selling, and giving Missie one of the trailers for her son and her. She will have to pay the monthly park rent/utilities, but will have a place to call her own. She was speechless (amazingly!!) when Hubs told her what we were going to do. She goes by every day to check out her new home, and her 8 year old with ADHD is ecstatic about his new digs and the tree in the yard he can climb!
Although we really could have used the $ to pay our own bills, the joy in her far outweighs having to scrimp even more to get our stuff paid.
I've hesitated to the point of not saying anything about what my husband and I are doing for the 41yr old single mom who works res.hab. therapy 30 hours a week with our daughter.
My husband was able, with two partners, to acquire 8 trailers for $1.00 each. So far, they have completely gutted 4 of them, are in the process of drywalling, installing cabinets, carpet, vinyl, cleaning up the yards, putting in new steps/patios, roofs. We are taking the profits that we would have made from selling, and giving Missie one of the trailers for her son and her. She will have to pay the monthly park rent/utilities, but will have a place to call her own. She was speechless (amazingly!!) when Hubs told her what we were going to do. She goes by every day to check out her new home, and her 8 year old with ADHD is ecstatic about his new digs and the tree in the yard he can climb!
Although we really could have used the $ to pay our own bills, the joy in her far outweighs having to scrimp even more to get our stuff paid.
10-22-2010, 05:54 AM
#25
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We had our quilt guild meeting last night. A young woman there was asking for help with the Project Linus sewing youth group at her church. She needed adults to help the young people sew and unsew. But she also said the last time the did this there were 12 youth attending and they made 20 quilts, all had tied on fleece, 2 yards long. To get to the point of my story she said the people at the drop off place were so excited about the bigger quilts, because the usually only got baby quilts and they have so many older children and youth that are also in need. These longer quilts would help in that area.
10-22-2010, 06:02 AM
#27
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Location: So. Fla now, Va orig
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Originally Posted by queendaria
I belong to a small group called Westminster Comforters. 8 of us meet at the church once a month and learn new techniques to make quilts for needy children and adults. We learned that a local hospital had a wing designated for children who had been abused and were in situations where they were not safe at home. We decided to bring 20 quilts and thought we were just dropping them off. To our surprise, we were introduced to the 15 teenagers (!) who were temporarily residing there. Our quilts had been made with babies in mind. We were so upset until we placed all the quilts on a table and the young adults came in. They oohed and they aahed at all the quilts and took the one that was their favorite. One young girl loved the quilt with the little yellow rubber duckies on it. All these polite (and smiling) youngsters then cuddled into their quilts or wrapped themselves up in them. We explained that not one of the quilts was like any other in the world, unique just as they were and that the quilts were made with love for them. We've received so many thank yous from the hospital, the foundation sponsoring this endeavor and from the happy recipients. We were truly blessed. Don't know what to do with all the quilts you make? Start making MORE and start giving them away--there is someone out there who will cherish your talent.
10-22-2010, 06:05 AM
#28
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Location: Coeur d'Alene, ID
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Originally Posted by MS quilter
The intended result exceeded your expectations. God is like that. He blesses us for giving & doing more than we expect and He blesses the recipient too! Ain't God good?
10-22-2010, 07:14 AM
#30
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Location: North Carolina
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When I was still teaching, I use to get my ninth graders (15 year olds) to color maps or design a unit cover. They loved the activity. The community I worked in was lower socio-economically and I think they weren't exposed too much to crayons. They would sit so quietly. I always had a big box of colors for them to choose from.
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