Community Outreach
Rocket City Modern Quilt Guild offers multiple avenues for "doing good" by engaging with and serving our community. We strive to keep the projects beginner friendly so that everyone is able to participate, no matter their experience. If you have any questions or would like to serve on this committee, please reach out to the Community Outreach Chair.
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We donate sewn pillowcases to the North Alabama Foster Closet and coordinate with them to personalize them for the children currently in foster care.
Pillowcases should use fabrics appropriate for children. Please do not use religious, holiday, or scary fabric. Pillowcases will have the child's name embroidered on the cuff. To keep the name readable, cuffs should be made from solid or tone on tone fabric. You may use any method you wish to make your pillowcase. We do ask that the inside seams are reinforced, either by serging or with French seams, to better withstand repeated washing. All fabrics should be pre-washed with scent free detergent before cutting. Click the icon to see a recommended tutorial which includes French seams. |
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Our guild collects and sews quilts to donate to our local St. Jude's affiliate clinic at Huntsville Hospital. They serve children from 0-18, so we strive to provide a wide variety of styles, fabrics, and designs. Novelty prints are perennially popular. Please do not use religious, holiday, or scary fabric. Larger sized quilts should be aimed at older kids.
Click the icon to see images of some of our previously completed quilts. There is no fixed size requirement from St. Jude's but these are some common useful sizes: Baby Size: 36" x 48" Using a 12" block: 4 rows of 3 blocks Throw Size: 48" x 60" Using a 12" block: 5 Rows of 4 blocks Hospital Size: 36" x 84" Using a 12" block: 7 Rows of 3 blocks |
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This year we will be working on quilt blocks to be incorporated into St. Jude Quilts! New block instructions will be given each quarter, starting with the January meeting.
Anyone can sew and donate blocks with no further commitment! Volunteers are appreciated to help join the blocks into quilt tops. This quarter's blocks are Scrappy Diamond Pop and Diamond Sparkle. Completed blocks can be turned in to the Community Outreach chair. Click here for block instructions. |
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The guild accepts fabric donations from both members and the public.
Our guild focuses on quilts and pillowcases for children, so we especially need:
To make a donation, please reach out to the Community Outreach Chair. |
