Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Our group donated quilts to Sleep in Heavenly Peace a non-profit group that builds and delivers bunk beds to children and families in need. The new Durham chapter was featured on WTVD. and included quilts that we donated.
Category: Donation Quilts
UNC Hospital NICU Visit
Outreach co-chairs, Carol Holleman and Ruth Brenner, were given a tour of the UNC-Chapel Hill NICU by fellow guild member, Vicki Childers, in December 2017. Bead Bags of Courage were on many of the babies’ metal stands. Upon meeting other NICU staff members, they expressed parents’ feelings of appreciation that someone created these special bags for their babies. In addition, the staff was excited to provide the NICU smocks to the families. It was an amazing visit. If you would like to help, see the Instructions for Bead Bags and pattern for NICU smocks.
Smocks for UNC Hospital NICU Patients
Introducing a New Project! Guild members, Vicki Childers and Gail Kleimnan, brought this wee little project idea to the Outreach Committee. The UNC Hospital NICU needs smocks for neonatal babies. Since clothing for the smallest ones are virtually nonexistent, we hope our members will make tiny and preemie smocks. The pattern comes in 4 sizes…micro (1-3 lbs), tiny (3-5 lbs), preemie (5-8 lbs) and newborn (8-11lbs). The smocks require minimal fabric and are quick to make. We will have samples at the Outreach table and a limited number of paper patterns. The free pattern can be ordered from the website Everything Your Momma Made and More www.eymm.com/product/free-nicu-friendly-smocks or you can get the pattern here. NOTE: Pattern piece C is flipped backwards on this file, they are working on updating it ASAP as well as updating some of the directions from when it was originally designed 8 years ago. So either cut 2 mirror image for piece B or flip the pattern piece C over before tracing/cutting. PRINTING: If you have trouble printing the correct size please check out this blog post to make sure you are using the correct settings www.eymm.com/2013/08/27/printing-pdf-patterns-in-windows-8/ FABRICS: Use 100% Cotton Flannel or 100% Cotton Knit. You can use Cotton/Lycra Knits if they are soft. Holiday or …
Beads of Courage – Bead Bags
Beads of Courage is a resilience-based intervention designed to support and strengthen children and families coping with serious illness. Through the program children tell their story using colorful beads as meaningful symbols of courage that commemorate milestones they have achieved along their unique treatment path. Making a Bead Bag You will need: Two – 9” x 12” pieces of focus fabric Two – 9” x 12” pieces of lining fabric Two – 26” long pieces of thin cording or ribbon One – Beads of Courage label Instructions: If available, sew label in middle or lower right corner to RS of one piece of focus fabric. Focus Fabric – with RS together sew 1/2″ seam on both long sides making a tube. Press seams open. Lining Fabric – repeat Step 2. Turn lining right side out and place inside focus fabric (RS together). Line up seams and sew a 1/4″ seam around top of tube. Turn right side out. Press seam towards lining. (You now have 1 long tube.) Tuck lining back inside and press top seam flat. Sew a seam 2″ from top. When you get to each side seam, back tack 1/4″ across seam. Sew another seam 2 ¾” from top, …
Quilts for Independent Animal Rescue
At the June 19 Guild Meeting, the Outreach Committee presented quilts and quilted items to Independent Animal Rescue for their Painted Chair Fundraiser. Included among the creations donated were: appliqué and pieced quilts, a quilt painting, and a purse. Thank you to all who participated. Submitted by: Ruth Brenner Outreach Committee
Blue Line Kids HALOS Program
At the May 15, 2017 DOQ Guild meeting, the Outreach Committee presented Krystal Paylor, the North Carolina Assistant Director and East Coast Quilt Distributor of the National Alliance for Law Enforcement Support, with a collection of quilts made for the BLUE LINE KIDS HALOS Program. This program supports children and teens that have lost a parent in the line of duty. The quilt designs were chosen by the quilters who created them with sizes ranging from large lap quilts to twin size quilts. Specials thanks to the Donation committee and Tuesday Morning Quilters at the Senior Center in Hillsborough. Submitted by: Ruth Brenner Outreach Committee
Fidget Quilts
Frequently, patients with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia get fidgety hands. Fidget quilts are a soothing thing to those patients because the quilt gives their hands something to do. DOQ will be donating our quilts to Memory Care Units in Durham, Orange and Chatham counties. Guidelines Finished quilts should be lap size, either square or rectangular. Approximately 20×20 or place-mat size. Exact size does not matter. Quilts must be durable and washable by hand. The front may be patchwork pieced with a variety of sensory fabrics. Suggested fabrics include velvet, corduroy, silk, tulle, fake fur, suede, wool, knits, chenille, tapestry, fleece, blue jeans, terry cloth and many others! It can also be a solid fabric or a cloth place-mat with lots of other fabrics and embellishments appliquéd to it. Any items appliquéd to the surface must be very securely attached. Items may be topstitched on or can be encased in a seam. Double or triple stitch all attachments. Allow part of the attachment to be free, such as loops of ribbons, etc. Use a fabric that is not slippery for the back such as flannel, fleece, minky, or corduroy. Hem tape, fabric, or ribbons can be sewn to edges to …
February Program: A Quilt a Week with Gayle Sparrow
This month, Gayle will be speaking to us about her 2015 quilt challenge: making one donation quilt per week! Gayle is a former DOQ member and is part of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilt Bee. Gayle began quilting 20 years ago, and quilting has been a joy in her life ever since. She designs and constructs both custom quilts and her show quilts, which have won her 1st place prizes at quilt shows. She is the proud owner of a Gammill Long Arm Machine, but her specialty is foundation applique. In addition to her involvement with CCLQB, Gayle also is a member of a donation group that meets at the Hillsborough Senior Center.
Donation Quilt Workday – Aug 8, 2015
Join us at Mt Carmel Baptist Church from 9 AM to 4PM this Saturday, August 8. Bring a salad or dessert for lunch and we will provide the drinks and paper goods. Also bring your sewing machine and it’s necessities, cutting equipment, a chair cushion, kids’ fabrics, any patterns you might want to try, and any show-and-tell you might want us to see. I will be bringing fabric, both kids and Quilts of Valor, and patterns. The church is located at 2016 Mt. Carmel Church Road in Chapel Hill, about 3.5 miles after the turn-off on 15-501. If you need further directions, please email or call Mary-Ed Williams.
Outreach Opportunity: Pads for Empowerment
The Women in Science and Engineering residential community at NC State is looking for volunteers to help with their annual service project, Pads for Empowerment, on the afternoon of Sunday, March 29th,2015. Through this program, the WISE students sew re-usable flannel liners and absorbent snap-on shields that are sent to African schoolgirls through the organization Days for Girls. WISE needs volunteers to help teach the WISE students to use sewing machines and to sew the pads. To volunteer, contact Annelise Gorensek, ahgorensek@gmail.com. For more information about Days for Girls, and to view the patterns and instructions, visit http://www.daysforgirls.org/ To learn more about NCSU WISE, visit http://www.ncsu.edu/wise/index.htm
Raffle Quilt – Get Your Tickets
It’s the perfect holiday gift! Purchase chances to win this beautiful quilt for all your friends and family. Drawing is July 20, 2015.
Love Quilts Project
Members of DOQ participated in the St. Peter’s Love Quilt Project last year. The St. Peter’s Love Quilt Project was developed to give quilts to orphan children in South Africa who have lost their parents to AIDS. Art squares are created by children in schools, church groups, scout troops, etc., to depict their messages of love to the orphan children. Quilts using these squares are made by volunteers in the local area and beyond. The completed quilts are collected and sent to orphaned children in South Africa by St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Arlington, Virginia. See more pictures of the quilts in our online gallery.
Viewers’ Choice Awards
The Viewers’ Choice awards from our quilt show were presented at the September 15th meeting. It was a difficult choice with many quilts receiving votes. Overall Viewers’ Choice: Grace’s Zoo Friends by Nan Lee Runner Up Viewers’ Choice: Starry Night by Suzan deSerres and Barbara Wallace Children’s Donation Challenge: Caterpillar by Mary Ed Williams My Favorite Story Challenge: The Kiss by Irena Rindos To see all the quilts from the show visit the “Stories in Stitches” Gallery. Gift certificates donated by local quilt shops were presented to the winners. The contributing shops were Thimble Pleasures, Cary Quilting Company, Wish Upon a Quilt, and Elegant Stitches. Thank you to the shops for their generosity, and special thanks to Julianne and Roberta at Cary Quilting Company for their help in obtaining the Children’s Donation Challenge fabric.