Charity Quilts and/or Wal-Mart

Project Linus is one. Check with local care centers and VA hospitals for wheelchair lap quilts. Local child protective dept. Those are just a few.

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Call your local quilt store. LQS are often the drop off point for charity quilts and/or may know the contact person. joan

Our local Janome dealer is a drop off point- they are the only sewing machine dealer/store for many miles and no LQS around here. Bless you for making quilts for others, Donna.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Call your local quilt store. LQS are often the drop off point for charity quilts and/or may know the contact person. joan

I donate children's quilts to Red Cross -- they respond to so many situations where families have lost everything. Also, foster care agencies typically accept donated quilts and so do most children's hospitals. So many babies in need of a warm quilt made with love. :) Thank you for making quilts for them.

Hugs, Sunny

Ask the Sheriff. Better yet - ask the Sheriff's secretary - who may be titled his administrative assistant or I don't have a clue what title takes the place of a decent salary these days. There may be a need for hug quilts with the law officers to wrap around folks who've been in a car accident or fire or assault. Could be a very needy domestic violence shelter that would love to have some quilts. Polly

Victory Junction Gang Camp

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Nann

I want to congratulate you for finding a worthwhile project to do when you have time on your hands. I can never understand people who say they are bored. We as quilters are so lucky. There is always a project we can sew even if the fabric has to be from worn clothing. Also we can find a group of like-minded friends in the quilting community almost any place. Some of my friends who are widows complain that they have lost their traveling companion. For quilters there are many tours and events to attend which even though you might start out alone you won't be alone for long.

Others have posted very good suggestions for places to donate your quilts. One other place to check is the county rest home. Our "convalescent center" (as I think they now call themselves) gives quilts to residents that do not receive gifts from family members at Christmas and birthdays. They like throw sizes that can be folded on the foot of the bed. Beds are made each morning and residents take naps on top of the made bed with an afghan or quilt rather than turning back the covers. This is a way for them to remember the difference between going to bed for the night and taking a nap.

I personally am working through my stash to make quilts for the missionaries supported by my church. A quilt represents a bit of home to those serving overseas without waving the red, white and blue. The quilts are HUG size (55" to 60" x 68" to 72") This is a good size to wrap around your body when you are lonely and give yourself a hug. So far I have given ten quilts away. It is fun to watch the missionary choose their quilt from the stack. Many of the quilts started life as step-by-step examples for my quilt classes over the years. My friend and I meet once a week to look through a few boxes in my studio to see what we could do with the UFO's. It has been great fun and a challenge to design quilts from these partial projects without running to the quilt store for the perfect fabric. Photos are being taken of all the quilts and I will post them on my web site at some point.

Quilters are an amaz>How does one find a place to donate Charity Quilts?

If you have a Ronald McDonald House or Fisher House or VA hospital or Interfaith Hospitality group or women's shelter or neonatal unit nearby, they will often use quilts. Our local Habitat for Humanity gives a quilt to each family moving into a Habitat house. Also nursing homes or group homes for the disabled may be able to use them. Lots of possibilities.

Julia > How does one find a place to donate Charity Quilts?

I have some quilts (a l-o-n-g time project... Okay, just call them fifty UFOs! LOL) I am making for the VA hospital. They have very specific requirements to size and fabrics- plus NO batting. It might be wise to check before you show up with an armload of quilts for any group.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Whatever your state titles the agency that handles foster children.

Mine go to a contact there, who sends them to children who often have nothing of their own.

Martha

I take mine to the fire station for their Toys for Tots Christmas drive. You might just hang on to them for a while since it's almost hurricane season. I truly hope there's no call for them this year, but it's nice to be prepares. Gen

Howdy!

That's what I like to do, Gen, keep them on hand to be prepared. When I hear of someone I know who needs a quilt or whose loved one needs a quilt (Hi, B-fly's sis), I can pull a Finished quilt out of this basket and send it right now. Fire, flood, starting over, illness, congratulations due, milestone passed, goal achieved- all are good reasons for donating a quilt.

Cheers! R/Sandy

if you have adult size quilts, consider donating to wounded military members. for information as to sizes, location, etc. go to quilts of valor foundation web site