Quiltsy Cares March 21-Kelly Wilber

Today's charity donation comes from Kelly Wilber of SewEverAfter. Kelly lives in Snohomish County, Washington. Her Charity is Camano Island Quilters.

Camano Island Quilters is a non-profit group of individuals organized for the purpose of educating its members in all forms of quilting and fiber arts by meeting together monthly, providing classes and opportunities for sharing our love of quilting together.

CIQ has been preparing Comfort Quilts for over 20 years. The quilts provide warmth, comfort, and therapy to children in Providence Children's Center hospital, and the retired nun's at the Sister's of Providence home.

The quilt Kelly has made started with blocks sewn by several different members of the guild. She then turned them into a quilt top, her Mother-in-Law provided the long arm quilting service, and the finished quilt will make it's way into the arms of a child in need of comfort.

Written by Pat Young of PatsPassionQuilteds, Quiltsy Team member since May 2011.

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Quiltsy Cares March 12-Pat Young

Today's Quiltsy Cares donation is from Pat Young from PatsPassionQuilteds. Pat's charity donation is for the  Thomas Fire Victims. She made 12 Perkimon Valley blocks that will go to the Perkimon Valley Quilt Guild who will take all of the donated blocks and sew them into quilt tops. These quilt tops are then made into quilts to be given to people lost their homes and belongings to the California Fire and subsequent mudslides. Pat made 6 blocks in greens and 6 blocks in blues:

The Thomas Fire/Mudslide Relief was an effort by superbuzzy after an outpouring of concern and well wishes from friends around the world regarding the devastating Thomas Fire and subsequent mudslides. As of 1/12/18, more than 1,100 had been destroyed of which an estimated 775 were single family homes. Superbuzzy started the "From the Ashes Thomas Fire Quilt Relief " and started accepting donations for these victims.

Written by Pat Young of PatsPassionQuilteds, Quiltsy Team member since May 2011.

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Quilltsy Cares March 11-Gina Bonefas

Quiltsy Cares donation for today comes from Gina Bonefas of TexasQuiltsforYou. Gina's story is very close to home for her. Her neighbor is Mr. William Respess, and he and his wife were very complimentary about a "Because of the Free"quilt she had made. So, since her family is very pro-military, she said she decided to make Mr. Respess one of those quilts and she would also be able to use it as her Quiltsy Care donation. Mr.Repress, Sergeant Major USMC retired, turned 90 this year. He is a WWII, Korea, and Vietnam veteran and Gina said she is very proud to have made this quilt for him to honor his military service.

Written by Pat Young of PatsPassionQuilteds, Quiltsy Team member since May 2011.

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Quiltsy Cares March 6-Lily Sweeny of The Batty Quilter

Our Quiltsy Cares member for today is Lily Sweeny of TheBattyQuilter. We recently caught up with Lily and asked her to tell us about herself and her donation. This is what she said:

Welcome to Maine! Bar Harbor is home to my long arm quilting business, The Batty Quilter. My name is Lily Sweeney, and daily I can be found working on customer's quilts, creating new patterns, and working on my own projects. The very best days are when I am working on Quilts of Valor, to honor our military service members.

Quilts of Valor was started by Catherine Roberts in 2003. Her vision was to award each service member with a quality made quilt, to thank them for service to our country. QOV is not a clutch of old ladies gathered around a quilt frame. QOV is a huge organization that has thousands of quilters working together to craft these quilts. Elayne Gassett is the mastermind behind getting the quilt tops from all over the US to long-arm quilters like me. The tops are then quilted together on long-arm quilt machines, and are then sent back to be bound and awarded. It is amazing!

Since its origination in 2003, QOV has awarded over 181,935 quilts, with more being awarded daily. What I love about QOV is that it is such a worthy cause. It is also a tribute to the quilting community who has picked up the challenge of an idea, and made it a reality. There are many ways to help from making a block, binding, long-arm quilting, you name it. So enjoy the privilege of giving back to those that defend our country, join in the fun with QOV.

Written by Pat Young of PatsPassionQuilteds, Quiltsy Team member since May 2011.

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Quiltsy Cares March 2-Pamela Boatright from PamelaQuilts

Today's Quiltsy Cares team member is Pamela Boatright from Pamelaquilts. Pam's donation is for CASA of Coos County. She says her county sadly has a large number of children in foster care, and the members of her Quilt Guild have been challenged this year to help support those children by providing quilts to comfort them. CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate-these volunteers speak for and support children in court situations. So far they have donated 51 quilts for the program, which have been very appreciated.

When these children come into foster care, many times they have very little other than the clothes on their back. A special quilt to cuddle with can help make their transition easier and help them feel loved and cared for. Although she has never fostered a child, several of my close friends have and she knows how difficult it is for them. so Pam was delighted to donate a quilt that she made.

She donated this fun little quilt in a winter theme. Snow is always a fun thing there because they don't get much of it! Though the quilt says "BRRR Snow", Pam hopes it will warm a little heart and they will know that they are loved.

Written by Pat Young of PatsPassionQuilteds, Quiltsy Team member since May 2011.

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Quiltsy Cares March 1st-Karen Cregger from OneOakHandmade

Welcome the kickoff of 31 days our Quiltsy Cares. Today is Karen Cregger from OneOakHandMade. Karen has made 6 quilts for her local chapter of Quilts For Kids. Quilts for Kids National organization has been around for several years, making quilts for kids in need, or in need of comfort from abuse or illness. They also send quilts to disaster areas or really anywhere there is a child in need.  They also have kits you can order, make and send back and easy patterns on their website. http://www.quiltsforkids.org/

In January, some quilters in her area started a local chapter. If you have a local chapter, the quilts can be 

distributed for kids locally and they felt there was a need in their hometown of Roanoke, Virginia. 

Karen has a large children's hospital and many other centers and shelters that could benefit.  The quilts

have to be made from new unused fabric, preferably kids prints, and are machine quilted for wash 

and wear

Quilts for Kids provides quide lines and labels for all the quilts donated in order to assure a quality  

item for the children. In January we were able to donate 6 quilts to the local Pediatric Unit. 

Her 6 here will go with others for the Feb/March donation to the NICU and Pediatric Post op. 

These quilts are quick and fun to make using kid prints and new fabric donations. Karen provides all the long

arm quilting for the group and does most of the binding (machine!)

Her chapter is open for donations if anyone has any kids print scraps they want to be rid of!! 

Written by Pat Young of PatsPassionQuilteds, Quiltsy Team member since May 2011.

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