Charity Quilts

Charity quilts are just one way we express our concern for the community we live in and our love of quilting. Keep them coming. There always seems to be a need.

The guild recently determined five charities that would receive quilts created by guild members and donated through the guild. The charities and the sizes needed are listed below.

Our 2009 Raffle Quilt:

Guild members led by Barbara Ware and Ruth Hill recently finished work on our beautiful raffle quilt for 2009, "Bed of Roses". We hope to be selling tickets by late summer for the this fundraising quilt. Be sure to look for it at events around the valley throughout the fall of 2008 and through early May 2009. Tickets are $1 each and can be purchased from any guild member or where-ever you see it on display. The winner will be drawn at 3 p.m. on the last day of the 2009 Quilt Show, "Quilts on Parade!" to be held May 15th & 16th 2009.

In addition to supporting quilters' education projects, a portion of the proceeds from this quilt go to fund mammogram scholarships for women in the Yakima Valley.

2008 Charity Quilt Recipients:

Buddy Bag Progam
North Star Center (cancer treatment)
Battered Women's Shelter
EPIC Crisis Nurseries
Children's Village
Memoial Hospital's NICU

(Please note the special fabric requirements for babies in the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit at Memorial Hospital listed below.)

Other Charities Benefit From Guild Member's Love of Quilting:

Guild members also donate countless hours to other charities throughout our community including the Union Gospel Mission, Veteran's Hospital and many local churches. It's great to be able to share our love of quilting with others.

Shoebox Quilts Are Easy and Fun

One of the more creative and fun projects headed up by Kathy Winters is our "Shoebox Quilts". These quilts are artfully planned and cut out by Kathy, placed in shoe boxes along with the directions and then "adopted" by a guild member. They take their shoe box quilt home, sew it together, quilt it and then return it to the guild for "show and tell" and then it is donated to one of our designated charities. If you haven't tried a "Shoebox Quilt" yet, contact Kathy Winters to "adopt" one of your own!

Guild members appreciate the effort and thought Kathy puts into these quilts. Most of the fabric used in these quilts is fabric that has been donated to the guild over the years, and it is fun seeing how Kathy puts different fabric combinations together for everyone to enjoy! She enjoys seeing the completed project when it returns to the guild. We hope to have a display featuring the "Shoebox Quilt Collection" at the guild's quilt show in May 2009!

Charity Quilt Sizes and Special Info:

Children’s quilts for Pediatric Interim Care Center
8"x 18" or 30"x 56"
Low contrast fabrics, flannel backs, machine quilting preferred (if ties are used, they must be on top).

Other suggested sizes
Children's - 40"x50" up to 70"x70"
Twin bed quilts - 75"x90"
Baby quilts - 36"x36"
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) - 18"x18" or 36"x36"
Remember this is an on-going project please contact Kathy Christian or Phyllis Kean for more information.