what do you do with your finished quilts and quilting?
#31
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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From a former nurse who has worked in long term care facilities...use fabrics that can stand up to abuse. If the residents do not have families who take their laundry home to wash the detergents used at the facility can give the items a real bruising.
#32
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Madison, Ohio
Posts: 226
Wish I had that problem. I've been quilting for years and years and still don't have a quilt I sleep under!! Requests from family and gift occasions keep me busy quilting full time.......Wish I COULD accumulate a quilt stash!!
#36
I am about to begin my 14th grandbaby quilt. As long as no one gets pregnant, I will finally have made one for each. Next I have 5 of my 9 children to make for. In between I make charity quilts, and for gifts. After many years I finally made one for myself this past year. Once the family is done, I am hoping to make quilts for Shriners hospital, for all they have done for my daughter over many years
#37
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Round Rock,Texas
Posts: 6,135
Most of my quilts are for 2 charity quilt groups that I sew with/for; The Linus Connection and Thank You Quilters. It's a joy to make quilts for people who don't complain about the quilt not matching their decor and specific color scheme.
I've been making charity quilts for about 25 years. I firmly believe, that God gave me the ability and talents to make quilts for the neediest of His people. I recently wanted to stop making these quilts; that night I had a dream where I saw many sad,cold children and soldiers who were needing a comfort quilt.
My family and other relatives all have one or more quilts.
Sharon
I've been making charity quilts for about 25 years. I firmly believe, that God gave me the ability and talents to make quilts for the neediest of His people. I recently wanted to stop making these quilts; that night I had a dream where I saw many sad,cold children and soldiers who were needing a comfort quilt.
My family and other relatives all have one or more quilts.
Sharon
Last edited by purplefiend; 08-02-2013 at 09:59 AM.
#39
Literally every quilt I have made has a home before it is finished. Unfortunately, that means I do not own any, but I keep planning...
#40
Our DSIL is a doctor for a VA hospital, and from what I hear the quilts might not survive there either. Most really nice personal things are stolen by domestic staff. I have witnessed that in nursing homes too, but I don't have any solutions.
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