letting go

As I mentioned before, I have boxes lots of my mother's old fabric and I've been trying to figure out what to do with it all. Last January, I decided I'd like to make a bunch of quilts and give most of them away, either to friends or charitable organizations. I was mildly productive and finished five quilt tops over the year. I'm choosing very simple patterns so I can power through and get through all this fabric as fast as possible.

I sent two back to the US with my step-mother, where batting and backing fabric are much less inexpensive (in Switzerland, batting is about $30CHF for one quilt and the cheapest cotton fabric still runs about $15/yard). The plan is to have her church ladies tie and finish these quilts and give them to people that need them. We'll see what happens.



This quilt top is the first I sent back and I had a hard time parting with it. It was a last minute decision, right before I took my step-mom to the airport. Thus the bad photos. But this is what the my project is about. Letting go and giving back.



If anyone loves one of the other quilt tops I post here, let me know and you can probably have it.