CTQG COMMUNITY SERVICE 2025

Page has been updated with patterns, photos of the latest sew-in and more detailed information. 
Upcoming - Thursday, October 30 - 
Lap Quilts or Placemats for (Meals on Wheels)
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)
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
Donations made so far - Oct 3 2025:

Baby Quilts - 48
Lap Quilts - In progress...12 so far
Library Bags - 182 and counting.
Placemats - upcoming...
Thursday, May 22 -      Lap Quilts or Placemats
                                     (Meals on Wheels)
Updated: We had another great turnout for our Sew-In. Thank you to everyone who came and participated and for those who couldn't but sewed from home.  We will update the count of completed Lap Quilts at a later time. 
Sewing Day- May 22, and we will be working on lap/throw quilts for Meals on Wheels. Our target size for the quilts is around 48-50” wide by 60-64” long. There are free patterns that can be made with three 1-yard pieces of fabric available at the following website: sewcanshe.com/tag/3-yard-quilts/
Nancy will be bringing in kits for us to choose from and can prepare early for our sew day.  More information to follow at the next guild meeting. Pic of some of the kits below. 
After our sew day, if you are able to quilt the quilts before bringing them back, the help will be greatly appreciated.  
Thursday, July 31 -      Library Bags
                                     (Mills Chapel, Operation Christmas Child) 

Update: Sept 5th, We are up to 106 bags so far. Great Job!  We have more kits available if you still want to sew more bags
We had 9 people come out to sew library bags.  We made 45 bags that day with several members taking home more to complete.  Nancy, Elke & Gina made up more bag kits and are ready for members to take at our next meeting. Nancy will be taking bags through our October meeting.  She will then be giving them to the church for the Shoe Boxes that will be mailed out in November.  Please see Nancy if you have any questions.