Love Quilts To Make a Child Smile - A wonderful site that makes quilts from counted cross stitch squares from people like you and me who sign up to stitch a square for a critically ill child that has been featured on the Make a Child Smile site. The Make a Child Smile organization features several critically ill children for each month of the year that you can send cards or gifts to. It really brightens up the day for these parents and children to know that so many people care about them!

Some Facts about Love Quilts: Visit this page to see the list of children's quilts that were made for each year and a link to the child and image of their quilt.

Visit the "Free Pattern" and the "More Free Patterns" page of Treasured Tapestries' site to choose a pattern for stitching a Love Quilts square or for your personal use. All free patterns are offered as a zip or a pdf file to be downloaded and printed in either Patternmaker Viewer or Adobe Acrobat Reader.

You may also wish to stitch the free design, "Nicky's Angel" that was designed especially for The Angel Quilt Project. If you enjoy stitching for Love Quilts, maybe you would also like to stitch for this worthwhile cause, too.

I will keep the Love Quilts' themes in mind when working on free patterns. I have noticed themes requested for trucks, construction equipment,emergency vehicles, kitties, and so on. Therefore, these themes will be among the first new designs added. Three dog patterns have recently been added.

Four variations of a Heart & Cross Border were originally designed for the Memorial Quilt for "Angel" Andrew's quilt. These borders make a lovely addition to any Love Quilts square. The Border is approximately 9 inches x 9 inches and allows room for your stitched design in the middle.

Themes in regards to "Precious Moments," Winnie-the-Pooh," and others that are copyrighted will have to be found in local or online needlework shops.

Remember that all Love Quilt squares are to be stitched on 11, 14, 16, or 18 count White Aida only. You may print details on the inside and outside dimensions for your Love Quilts' square on the Love Quilts' site, along with other directions.

PLEASE do not use beads, charms, buttons, or attach any small items to the design so we can prevent a choking hazard for the child. Beads are easily replaced with French Knots in the same color as the bead.

Love Quilts to Make a Child Smile and Treasured Tapestries thanks you for your time and love put into these counted cross stitch squares. They mean so much to the child and their family.