Quilters in the Community
Quilters are always giving time, love, and, of course, quilts to others. This page is dedicated to showing a small portion of what our members do for our community. The numbers below are our YTD donations as of November 1st. These quilts go to many organizations like: Gifts of Hope, Hospice, Children's Advocacy Center, Safe Place, Reflections, Habitat for Humanity, Quilts of Valor, High Sky Children's Ranch, and baby quilts for the Life Center. Our quilters spend 300 to 500 hours every month working on these projects, and they send them off with a little piece of their hearts for their new owners.
Meals on Wheels Placemats
Meals on Wheels Placemats are a wonderful service project that the Midland Quilters Guild has participated in for several years by providing handmade placemats to Senior Link for their Meals on Wheels recipients.
During a non-quilt show year, our goal is approximately 150 placemats. For a quilt show year, we set a higher goal of 200-250 placemats. During the quilt show, placemats are displayed at our Market and are sponsored (not purchased) for $3.00 each. This not only helps to continue our service project for Senior Link but also helps to provide income for our guild.
Placemats need to be in a rectangular shape that finishes at approximately the following size(s): 12" x 16" or 14" x 18". Please just make sure that a regular-sized dinner plate fits completely on the placemat. Ideas to consider:
If you have orphan blocks, simply increase the size by adding borders to the desired dimensions.
Placemats should have backing, batting and be quilted.
Placemats should not have embellishment, raised embellishments (example: buttons), as that could cause a plate to not lie flat.
Placemats can be bound with binding or be finished with a stitch-and-flip method of construction. The stitch and flip method can help to prevent beverages from tipping over.
Project Linus Mystery Quilt Challenge
The Project Linus group which is all about getting blankets to children in need is having their big fundraiser of the year. Many of our members participate and would love to share our progress below as we make this mystery quilt for a great cause. To register, go to https://www.projectlinus.org/
Habitat for Humanity
It was an honor to have Becky Holly present this family with the quilt Pam Thompson made during their welcome home ceremony. We all hope that it brings comfort and love into their new home that Habitat for Humanity made possible.
Jackie Ward, second from left, with Midland Quilters Guild, presents a handmade quilt to Stacy Evans and her sons Marlon and Jeremiah at the dedication of Evans' Habitat for Humanity home. Alynda Best, Executive Director of Habit for Humanity is pictured on the far left. Evans' home is the 147th build for Habitat for Humanity in Midland and was completed as a memorial to Clark Moreland, (former Midland County Commissioner, Precinct 3) by his family.
