The PCQ comminity service committee is prepping kits for twin size quilts for club members to work on at the next Sew Day. My role on the committee is to come up with a plan for the project, put together a simplified pattern, organize the prepping and kitting, and lead the Sew Day.
At the February sew day we'll be making this pattern, a simple four patch with borders:
We found some fabrics in PCQ's stash, with suitable prints and enough yardage for the borders, as the starting point for kits. I cut the borders, in some cases piecing them, mindful of directional prints. Here are the first 10 kits started.
At the work day recently, members of the committee each took one of the kits pictured above and pulled coordinating fabrics from the club's stash. See those selvage dots? Helpful in finding coordinating fabrics.
Each of these kits needs 8 FQs or quarter-yard cuts plus 1-1/8 yards each of a dark and a light fabric. These fabrics are for the large and small squares in the pattern. Some of the members took their coordinating fabrics home to cut; others pulled fabrics but left the cutting for someone else.
There were several more prints in the club's stash with enough yardage for borders, so I took those to cut. I asked team members to pull companion fabrics for them. I've been working on cutting them and packing up kits.
These four kits are complete or almost complete. A couple of them need white squares for their four-patches, and one needs ivory squares. We have bulk yardage of white and ivory fabric on order and someone will cut some of the squares using a die cutter. I'll continue cutting borders and large squares for the remaining kits.
Three of our charities need twin size quilts. I hope by kitting them up we can encourage members of PCQ to attend the Sew Day and help fill the needs of these groups. One is a home for girls 7-16 entering foster care. One is a shelter for women and families fleeing domestic violence. And one is a halfway house for women being released from prison. Together PCQuilters can make a difference.
And now back to cutting for kits...
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That is a lot of organizational work, but it looks like you are making wonderful progress. Having bulk yardage of white and ivory fabric on order and a die cutter sounds perfect. And selvage dots can be so helpful when they are available! Looks like you are setting PCQuilters up for success in a lovely way.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great community sewing project. I hope you have lots of people help since everything is already kitted up.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a lot of work, but for very good causes. Hopefully you get a good response to the work day.
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