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Charity Quilt

A quilt made specifically to be donated to a person or organization in need.

Charity quilts are made with the intention of giving them away to people who need comfort, warmth, or a tangible expression of care. Common recipients include homeless shelters, hospitals, neonatal units, domestic violence shelters, military veterans, children in foster care, and disaster relief organizations. Quilt guilds often coordinate large-scale charity quilt programs. The NiftyFifty community has donated quilts to the families of 9/11 victims and other charitable causes. Charity quilts are often simpler in design to allow fast construction from donated fabric.

Related Terms

Quilt GuildAn organized group of quilters who meet regularly to share skills, swap fabrics, and celebrate the craft.Scrappy QuiltA quilt made from many different fabrics, often using up scraps and stash fabric rather than a planned palette.

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