QUILT DONATIONS

DOQ Guild members create hundreds of quilts each year in a variety of sizes to donate to local groups. These groups include:

  • UNC Hospitals
  • UNC Beacon Program
  • UNC Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic,
  • Duke Children’s Hospital
  • Hillcrest Nursing Home in Durham
  • Brookshire Hillsborough
  • Durham Rescue Mission
  • Pregnancy Support Service – Durham & Chapel Hill
  • Chatham Ridge Assisted Living
  • Terra Bella Senior Living
  • Liberty Hospice of Durham
  • VA Hospice in Durham
  • Sleep in Heavenly Peace
  • Meals on Wheels in Durham
  • Little Pink Houses of Hope

OUTREACH PROJECTS

NICU Smocks .  Guild members sew soft front-closing wraps that are easy for tiny newborns to wear. These are donated to UNC Hospitals. 

Bead Bags.  Guild members stitch bead bags for Beads of Courage. These bags are given to patients at UNC Hospitals to contain beads that they receive during treatments. Each bead signifies a moment of strength and courage.

Eno River Quilts  The Bahama Bees were invited by Ranger Olsteen to provide 4 quilt panels for the new Eno River State Park classroom. There will be 4 panels depicting the 4 seasons of the Eno River Park. Each panel measures 6’x4′.  The bee has been divided into 4 groups to create and develop the panels.   All panels will share the same back and binding but each group has been left to their own creativity in color and how to depict plant and animal life on the river.

CLASSES and WORKSHOPS

Boutique Workday

Let’s gather together to make items for the Quilt Show Boutique!

Thurday April 23, 2026. 10:00 am – 3:00 pm.                        Hillside Church.                                              201 Culbreth Road                                                   Chapel Hill NC                             

Cost – food or cash for food pantry

Materials and patters will be provided. Please bring the usual items you would need for a workshop – sewing machine, thread, scissors, rotary cutter, rulers, etc. 

Some of the items we will be working on are more tote bags and bowl cozies, and thread catchers

Questions? contach Jennie Baas (Limetreebaskets@ gmail.com) or Janet Bogan (JBogan526@aol.com)

Please sign up using this link to let us know you will be coming!  https://square.link/u/2mEAkVdv

 

Workshop:  Fabric Postcards with Kimberley Pierce Cartwright

         Saturday, June 6th 2026                       9:00 am to 12:00 pm                    St. Thomas More

In this class you will learn to make adorable fabric postcards. We’ll take the smallest pieces of fabric to make cards you can mail, trade or frame. In this class, you will learn how to use your fabric stash to put together cards that you can make mail, trade or keep. After completion cards are 4 inches by 6 inches. We will use small pieces of fabric, embellishments, paper, etc. to construct your unique piece of art. We will discuss color, proportion design and pattern making. Get hooked. Make a bunch of them. They make great gifts. We’ll make an abstract postcard that will be the foundation for future projects. Then I’ll show you how to design and make your own patterns to give your cards a personal look. I’ll guide you through each step along the way. No matter if you are a confident beginner quilter or an intermediate/advanced quilter this workshop is for you.These cards make sewing small art quilts an adventure.

Sign up available at April Guild meeting