What the Quilts Look Like

This weekend, Holly delivered our quilts to the storehouse to be forwarded on to the Church Humanitarian Aid Center and distributed to those in need.  This project has been an amazing experience for us, at least for me, as we've worked together, with the community, and with our families to make these big thick quilts for some unknown friend to use. 

I was thinking as we stacked up 18 90"x90" quilts about how beautiful so many of them are.  I thought about the many hours so many of you gave to make them.  Time given in spite of to do lists and personal concerns.  I thought about our hands; pinning and sewing and cutting and stitching.  Then I thought of my mom.  One Christmas she pieced quilts for me and each of my siblings.  She made them each special for us, colorful, soft, and unique.  Coming up on 15 years later, they're still around, keeping us cozy.  They're good quilts, they're warm.  But I love mine because someone made it special for me. 

I imagined being the recipients of one of these quilts.  It's one thing to be handed a scratchy brown standard issue quilt that will get the job done.  Would you use it and be thankful for it, sure!  But what if you were handed something soft and colorful and one of a kind?  Something made special.  Something made by a person with a heart and intentions, not an automated machine.  For me, at least, something about a different quilt, a beautiful quilt like one of these would speak calm to something in me.  I think the love stitched in it would help me feel peace in the middle of a mess. 

So what, exactly does 18 queen size and 3 baby quilts look like?   All bagged up, like this:

All stacked up, like this:

Thick as a mattress!  Need a more whimsical visual?  Think "the princess and the pea"....

Click on this picture of the baby blankets for a better look.  The fabric was donated by a non-member friend and I was in love with the end results!  They'll keep 3 little babies warm and entertained ;)

So congrats, friends!  Thanks again for a great project :)  We love you!