We'll, everyone has been busy during lock down! With one quilt that I had at home, I now have 15 ready to be delivered sometime in the next couple of weeks. I'm going to try to finish 2 more that I have here to bring the total to 17!
At the meeting I discussed some feedback from the hospital that they really mostly need quilts for men: patriotic themes, military themes, outdoorsy, darker colors, etc. Feminine quilts (flowers, pinks, pastels) are less used and they have a nice inventory of them.
We talked about options around whether we want to make feminine or baby quilts for other causes. Because I'm typing on my phone I'm going to take a short route to summarize our decisions :
1. As our official project, we will continue to primarily make quilts for the VA and focus on masculine themes. Purchased batting and backing will be for these quilts.
2. Members will send me information that they have for donating baby and lap quilts to other organizations and I will create a page on the blog with that information.
Regarding veterans quilts I want to remind you that quilts need to be 48 x 60 (or really close). I've received a few that are 48 x 48 lately and I don't think they are very useful for the VA, plus they waste a lot of backing fabric and batting. Going forward I will return quilts that aren't close enough to the 49 x 60 size.
I appreciate everyone who avoids scented detergents and starch in their quilts. Fragrances are a real problem for my allergies.
I'll let you know when I deliver this stack of quilts. The next delivery will be in September.
