ibex94

As someone raised to send thank you notes, I wouldn't want to burden anyone with any guilt about needing to send a thank you note. Anonymous seems like a sensible choice to me -- guilt free for the recipient and safe for the donor as there are stalkers out there when you least expect them.

cjsews

I had this printed on fabric to use as labels for donation “made for you because someone cares”. I donate to foster kids and homeless teens.

Onebyone

Though with sewing machines and longarms, our projects are ‘mass produced’ compared to a lady hand stitching by candle light on the prairie, so I doubt future generations will be as interested in our work



My friend asked me how my quilts were different than the quilts sold at stores. A machine cut my fabric (Accuquilt) a machine sewed the fabric together and a machine quilted the quilt. Other than fabric choice what was the difference? The only thing I could think of was fabric quality and tighter stitching. She loves my quilts and knows how much goes into making one.

QuiltMom2

I prefer anonymous donation, primarily from a privacy standpoint. My quilting goal is warm and serviceable not drop-dead gorgeous or historically important ( although some have been close to drop-dead gorgeous!)

GingerK

The guilds I belong to have their own labels. No personal info, just 'Made especially for you by this or that Guild'. One also includes the name of our town. We have had no complaints or requests for more info.

sheilar

I put a donated by Guild label, and made by, my Initials. A few years ago a lady contacted our guild and wondered who AJC was because her son, in the hospital, had received a quilt 20 years ago. She just wanted to say thank you.

cfuzzy

As the receiver of a couple of throw quilts after losing our home in a CA wildfire, I wished there was a way to write and thank the quilter who made and donated each quilt. Receiving them was comforting in many ways. We LOVE our quilts and use them every day. Many thanks to all who have donated quilts.

GingerK

We often get notes of thanks sent to the guild(s). They are published in our newsletters and although we hardly ever know which quilt was given out, we do appreciate hearing from the recipients.

petthefabric

Very thought provoking conversation,
I donate through guilds and they have their own label.
My quilts are destinktive. My skill level is above most guild people making charity quilts., I sew everything to my standards and won't do the mass production.
Most of my donations are given as a single donation that often becomes a raffle quilt or a special chosen vet. (The chaplen chooses the recipient.

In our area, law enforcement doesn't want quilts for "foster placement". The pregnancy centers have more than they need. This is Florida where retirement is common. The biggest recipients are Hospice, retirement/lap quilts, vets.

As to labels. I don't put my name on them. My name often follows by "word of mouth"

I like the idea of some connection by first name only. When I call a business I like to know the first name cause I feel like I"m talking to a person, not just an automated AI recording.

Rambling thoughts.

b.zang

I love the wording you use on your labels cjsews, and plan to adopt the same phrase. That's exactly why I make quilts to donate through the guild. Last year my guild made 40 quilts to donate to a local First Nations band as they began the process of ground penetrating lidar and interviewing survivors of the residential school. We labelled them using labels provided by "Quilts for Survivors" in Canada but they also had the guild label which reads "Made for you by the Fraser Lake Quilters Guild". I was profoundly affected by the cause as I sewed so made orange hearts and sewed them on the back as a label. I wrote something that escapes me now, but along the lines of "Strength and Reconciliation". By the way, 40 quilts is a LOT for a guild with 16 members.