Worthy Causes

Most of the quilts on this page were pieced by various groups, mostly from donated fabric, and quilted by Realizations for the cost of thread and batting only. The completed quilts are then donated to one of several agencies, mostly for patients of Hospice or the Cancer Center. Some are raffle quilts made as fund-raisers for non-profit organizations.

Most of the quilts are from the Comforters, a group of Bitterroot Valley quilters in Montana that I was invited to join in the Fall of 2002. The Comforters have been making quilts for Marcus Daly Hospital for more than six years.

This page also includes art quilts donated to various charity auctions in western Montana, benefitting the Daly Mansion, Teller Wildlife Refuge, and Safe Harbor. The title photo is of the finishing stages of machine quilting on the "Daly Mansion" quilt, a group project of the Bent Needlers, a mini-group of the Bitterroot Quilters Guild specializing in applique work.

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Closeup of the 2005 MTPR pledge premium quilt above.
A lap quilt, "Quilts from the Heart," made by the Bent Needlers to support families of soldiers in Iraq. Quilted January 9, 2005.
A Comforters lap quilt. #106. Quilted September 17, 2004.
This queen-sized appliqued and pieced quilt is the Bitterroot Quilt Guild's 2005 Raffle Quilt, to be raffled at the biennial guild show. Quilted in concentric circles with leaves and vines around the applique blocks, a feather meander in the background, and double horizontal bars in the sashing. Quilted August 4, 2004. Composite photo, showing the upper half of the quilt.
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