Hello Everyone, I guess, I'm the homeless dog and cat quilt maker. I have given nearly
300 "snuggle" quilts to our local Humane Society this year and hope to continue to provide these blankets to them and other rescues for the animals to enjoy. I guess this is also a recycling project. I use old jeans, clothes and sheets as well as fabric scraps and unwanted fabrics that would otherwise have been disguarded. If you'd like to look at a couple of these quilts, go to
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It all started last fall. I had nearly 20 years of scraps from craftprojects, (I make my family's Christmas gifts each year) and needed todo something with them. I was on the internet and ran across the"Snuggles Project" on the Hugs for Homeless Animals site,
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listed shelters and rescues that are in need of quilts and blanketsfor their animals waiting to be adopted to sleep on in the cages. Ithought that would be perfect for me. Although I enjoy sewing, I'm notvery good at it and I have loved animals all my life. I certainly don'tconsider myself a quilter, that takes a certain talent which I don'tbelieve I have. So I decided to do what I could to help these wonderful places that help these animals. For medical reasons I only work outside my home for about 12 hours each week, so I have plenty of time to spend making these small quilts, which range in size from 14x14 to 35x40. My goal at some point is to be able to have the shelters and rescues to send each dog and cat to their new home with one of these quilts. I live outside of Detroit where the need is huge. We have 4 large shelters which help nearly 85,000 animals each year and many, many rescues which house even more. I know this will be impossible but I can dream can't I? I have stopped by this forum for a little while and sometime back someone offered their scraps, so I thought that people might have scraps or unwanted fabrics that I could use for this project. I have had many kind and thoughtful people share their fabric with me and it's fun each time a box arrives. When I receive a box, I start sorting it by color, then size. I use all washable fabrics like cottons, knits, fleece, flannels, old sheets and etc. As far as size, I use any size from small scraps which get sewn together into larger blocks, medium pieces get cut into squares and larger pieces 14x14 and up are used for backing. We try to drop them off about once each month and the volunteers are always very excited to recieve them. They tell me that not only do they add color to the cages but seem to make the animals feel a little more secure in what is a scary place for many of them. We, my husband and I also try to drop off supplies along with the quilts. Many of you have wanted to know more about this project. If anyone has any questions, please post it here or email me. Thanks for your interest and support.