Community Service: Joyful Quilters
Joyful Quilters meet at the Calvary Chapel South, 317 - 4th Ave. South, Kent, WA on Fridays from 10:00 to 2:00. Bring your lunch and a friend. All sewing supplies are furnished. Right now your help is needed to complete quilts tops. We are a fun group to be with, so plan on joining us and helping out. Contact Judy Gage @ agage12345@aol.com for any more information
There are new activities added for Guild members to help out: Saturday Sews
March 31 June 30 & September 29 9:30 to 2:00
Quilts We've Donated
QUILT DONATION SUMMARY
7-1-2010 TO 6-30-2011
66 Royal Family kids Camp – Issaquah quilts with pillowcases
28 Valley Breast Center
27 Pierce County Health Strengthening Families – baby quilts
18 Auburn Soroptimist
13 Children’s Home Society, Kent
12 Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation
2 Calvary Chapel South
2 Soroptimist International of Kent
2 Nelson Elementary PTA, Graham, WA
2 Quilts of Valor
2 American Heroes
2 Washington Soldiers Home, Orting, WA
1 Academy Schools, Tukwila, WA
1 Choir of the Sound
1 Japanese Baptist auction
1 Yelm Schools $ for Scholars
1 Auburn Montesorri School at Mesiah Lutheran
1 Muscular Dystrophy foundation
1 First Creek Middle School Music Boosters
TOTAL: 184 quilts
1 Children’s Therapy Center
94 backpacks -King County DSHS Foster Adopt Program
66 pillowcases
94 backpacks
August 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010
66 Royal Family Kids Camp, 37 Valley Breast Center, 19 Soroptmist International of Auburn Christmas Families, 16 Tacoma General Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, 15 Global Outreach Ministries(flannel receiving blankets), 10 Olive Crest Fostering Together, 10 Children's Home Society, 4 Mary Bridge Childrens Foundation, 3 King County DSHS Foster Adopt Program Appreciation Picnic, 2 City of Auburn Domestic Violence Task Force Silent Auction, 2 Diabetes Research Dinner Auction at Emerald Downs Order of the Amaranth, 1 Order of the Amaranth Auction October 2009, 1 Childrens Therapy Center Dinner Auction, 1 Tacoma Orthopedic Association Auction, 1 Academy Schools Fundraising Auction, 1 Susan G. Komen 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk Raffle, 1 Breast Cancer Walk-Olympia, 1 cancer patient @ NW Hospital, 1 Key of David Christian Church Auction with proceeds to Lima, Peru Orphanage Bldg. Project
Total: 194
A Little Bit About Us
We are committed to making quilts to provide comfort and warmth to those in need. Through the years and the tremendous leadership and dedicated volunteers like you, we have made hundreds of quilts which we donate to various organizations and agencies such as oncology units at hospitals, breast cancers treatment centers, Habitat for Humanity, and hospice. We make a large annual donation of 66 quilts to the Royal Family Kids Camp, which provides a quality week-long camp for foster children in the Puget Sound area. We have also donated dozens of quilts to non-profit organizations to use as raffle quilts to raise funds for their use. Community Service has a small budget to purchase those supplies that are not donated by Guild members. Guild members generally donate fabrics and batting. The Committee puts together kits to sew, as well as tops to bind. Joyful Quilters generally do not meet in the summer. Members are encouraged to make and donate quilts on their own.
How To Participate
Attend one of the Community Service days. Activities vary but there is always fun to be had.
2. Make a quilt from start to finish to donate.
3. Create kits, sew blocks, sew borders, quilt a sandwich or sew on binding. There's always a task for you.
4. Longarm quilters needed. Let Judy Gage know if you're available to help with the quilting tasks.
5. Donate supplies: cotton fabric appropriate for children; thread-Star Cotton in ecru or light grey; batting -Warm & Natural, Warm & White, Warm Blend, Soft & White; rotary cutters and blades; cutting mats; sewing machine needles size 12 or 14
Guidelines for quilt sizes:
Child quilt: 42-44" x 54 - 72"
Twin quilts: 72" x 84"
Backs should be 3" larger than the quilt top; they can be pieces. Binding can be hand or machine done. Binding should be 2 1/2" wide.
Small Quilt Sales will also meet at the same location as our Community Service, check the calendar for dates
For a form to request a Community Service quilt: click here