CTQG COMMUNITY SERVICE 2025
Fifth Thursday Sewing for 2025
In 2025, we will gather to make Community Service quilts on the 5th Thursdays from 10 am - 2pm.
Those dates and the planned projects are as follows: Thursday, January 30 - Strippy Baby Quilts (Coweta Pregnancy Center) Thursday, May 29 - Lap Quilts or Placemats (Meals on Wheels) Thursday, July 31 - Lap Quilts or Placemats (Meals on Wheels) Thursday, October 30 - Library Bags (Mills Chapel, Operation Christmas Child) Our focus will be on baby quilts for the Pregnancy Center. We are aiming for quilts that finish approximately 36" x 36" up to 42" x 48-50". Nancy has made up several kits from the guild's fabric supply, and she will also have backing and batting available. Nancy and I showed some examples of simple Quilt-as-you-go type baby quilts at the meeting on Thursday. If you want to use fabrics from your own stash, here is more information on those quilts. Nancy's sample quilt was made with jelly roll (2.5") strips, and you would need 18 - 20 strips for a quilt. I've attached photos of the two baby quilts I shared at the meeting. Here are links to the patterns I used, although I changed some of the cutting measurements for my quilts: https://maryquilts.com/quick-strippie/ https://maryquilts.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/quicker-strippie.pdf For the Quick Strippy (the blue and orange quilt) I cut my focus fabric strips at 5.5" instead of 6.5". The other fabrics were cut as listed in the pattern. The finished size of my quilt is 40"W x 50"L. For the Quicker Strippy (pastel quilt) I cut the focus fabric into 3 strips @ 9.5". The other fabrics were cut as listed in the pattern. The finished size of that quilt is 40"W x 44"L. I hope that many of you will be able to join us on the 30th to work together on baby quilts. We will have jobs available for people who don't want to bring their sewing machine (pressing, cutting, pinning.) The guild will provide two irons and ironing boards, plus rotary cutting mats. Please bring your own rotary cutters and rulers, plus basic sewing supplies. Feel free to bring along snacks or your lunch too. See you on the 30th! Julie Kennedy Common Threads President May 22 & Oct 30 - Lap Quilts and/or placemats for MOW
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July 31 - We will be sewing Library Bags for Operation Christmas Child, an organization that Mills Chapel supports. Last year we made 178 bags. You are encouraged to sew at home, also.
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