Quilts For Hospitals
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My name's Andrea, I'm 26, working two PT jobs, and I know the holidays are busy. I also know it's a time to be with family and friends and people who are cherished and loved. I am so lucky to have a wonderful family to love and care for me this season, and I want to share my fortune with those who are less so.
My great-uncle is in the hospital with renal failure. His room is smaller than a dorm room with one large window that faces a brick wall. You can hear the other patients being ill, and at any given time there is at least one depressed looking elderly person wheeled out of their room and left in a wheelchair in the hallway. Machines beep in the background, nurses and staff come in and out of the cramped rooms, turning sideways to squeeze between the large bed and the wall. There are three chairs, but you can't sit in them because staff can't get by you. The hallways are small, and walking through the floor is open door after open door; hearing muffled conversations, trying not to look into each and every room because all you can see are thin, worn blankets and IV stands. It made me realize how sad and desolate the holidays can be as a hospital patient. There is no Christmas music, there are no decorations, and it doesn't feel like a holiday should. The cheer is replaced by fear, pain and medication. I want to give joy back to these people. They deserve a bright patterned fabric to look at instead of dingy white sheets and the four corners of their room. I'm a beginning quilter; I've just finished my first quilt ever right after Thanksgiving to decorate the house. That's me holding it in my campaign photo. I know it's not perfect, and I know I need to learn a lot more, but I want to give a homemade quilt to as many people as I can. My great-uncle could only talk about how he didn't want to die. He's afraid, and the feeling of helplessness breaks my heart. I can't make people better, but I want to give them some kind of cheer and warmth. I want to give them a quilt made with pretty fabrics, interesting patterns and a little note sewn on so they know they are not forgotten. To make their time in their hospital beds a tiny bit brighter.
I was born premature in Penn State Hospital, so places like these have a special place in my heart, and I want to donate my quilts not only for babies like me who where in the NICU in an oxygen box for two months, but for anyone who is hospitalized at such a cheerful time. I want them to feel loved; I want them to feel like someone cares. I'm going to make a quilt for my great-uncle, and I want to make many many more for many more hospitals, shelters and other places who will take them.
I am asking for donations so I can buy fabric, and thread and batting and other supplies. I won't make any money from this; every penny is going towards quilt making. Probably until winter is over. I don't necessarily want to stop, but I also don't have the kind of funds I would need to make so many quilts on my own. I want to keep making quilts to honor every donation I receive. I have a talent that can be shared; transform your hard earned money into a heartfelt gift for someone who is suffering. A more physical form of comfort instead of a check to your local hospital. I'm going to update with every quilt, and everyone can see where the money is going. I just want to help.
So I wish you all a safe and happy holiday, and please share if you can!
Thank you so much.
You can ask me and questions at
[email redacted](dot)com
Quilts won't be holiday or theme specific, so everyone will appreciate a pretty blanket.
My great-uncle is in the hospital with renal failure. His room is smaller than a dorm room with one large window that faces a brick wall. You can hear the other patients being ill, and at any given time there is at least one depressed looking elderly person wheeled out of their room and left in a wheelchair in the hallway. Machines beep in the background, nurses and staff come in and out of the cramped rooms, turning sideways to squeeze between the large bed and the wall. There are three chairs, but you can't sit in them because staff can't get by you. The hallways are small, and walking through the floor is open door after open door; hearing muffled conversations, trying not to look into each and every room because all you can see are thin, worn blankets and IV stands. It made me realize how sad and desolate the holidays can be as a hospital patient. There is no Christmas music, there are no decorations, and it doesn't feel like a holiday should. The cheer is replaced by fear, pain and medication. I want to give joy back to these people. They deserve a bright patterned fabric to look at instead of dingy white sheets and the four corners of their room. I'm a beginning quilter; I've just finished my first quilt ever right after Thanksgiving to decorate the house. That's me holding it in my campaign photo. I know it's not perfect, and I know I need to learn a lot more, but I want to give a homemade quilt to as many people as I can. My great-uncle could only talk about how he didn't want to die. He's afraid, and the feeling of helplessness breaks my heart. I can't make people better, but I want to give them some kind of cheer and warmth. I want to give them a quilt made with pretty fabrics, interesting patterns and a little note sewn on so they know they are not forgotten. To make their time in their hospital beds a tiny bit brighter.
I was born premature in Penn State Hospital, so places like these have a special place in my heart, and I want to donate my quilts not only for babies like me who where in the NICU in an oxygen box for two months, but for anyone who is hospitalized at such a cheerful time. I want them to feel loved; I want them to feel like someone cares. I'm going to make a quilt for my great-uncle, and I want to make many many more for many more hospitals, shelters and other places who will take them.
I am asking for donations so I can buy fabric, and thread and batting and other supplies. I won't make any money from this; every penny is going towards quilt making. Probably until winter is over. I don't necessarily want to stop, but I also don't have the kind of funds I would need to make so many quilts on my own. I want to keep making quilts to honor every donation I receive. I have a talent that can be shared; transform your hard earned money into a heartfelt gift for someone who is suffering. A more physical form of comfort instead of a check to your local hospital. I'm going to update with every quilt, and everyone can see where the money is going. I just want to help.
So I wish you all a safe and happy holiday, and please share if you can!
Thank you so much.
You can ask me and questions at
[email redacted](dot)com
Quilts won't be holiday or theme specific, so everyone will appreciate a pretty blanket.
Organizer
Andie NotWarhol
Organizer
Chambersburg, PA
