I’m so excited that I’ve finished my first quilt today! I’ve always wanted to make one, I’ve just never been able to decide on a pattern or color scheme. Not for lack of ideas though – rather the opposite – there’s so many ideas that I want to make, I can’t make up my mind on where to start! Or where to find the time to start! This quilt gave me the answer to these 😀

I came upon this super awesome non-profit on Pinterest that donates quilts to children with life threatening illness and children of abuse. Quilts for Kids has partnered with both Children’s Miracle Network and Downy in addition to many other celebrities and companies to carry out their mission. Get this though – they will send you a kit to make a quilt!!! All you have to do is send them a money order for $6 (to cover the cost of shipping the supplies) and they will send you a kit with all of the fabric you need, already cut, and the instructions on how to construct it. It makes it so easy to sew a quilt, all you have to do is follow the directions and put it together. The one thing you have to provide yourself is the batting for the inside but that isn’t super expensive and you can always use one of those 40% off reg price coupons at JoAnn’s if its not already on sale.

Here is the result of the quilt I put together and just finished today. Its not perfect – it really is the first quilt I’ve ever made – but I’m happy with it and happy that I can send it off and a child in need of comfort will get it.