Community Quilts
October 2022 Community Quilt Workday Suggested Pattern (64” x 80”)
This quilt is very scrap friendly. It will use forty (40) – 8 ½ x 8 ½ in squares and one hundred sixty (160) – 4 ½ x 4 ½ inch squares. It is best if all the 8 ½” x 8 ½” squares are cut from the same fabric (about 2 ½ yards), but it is not required, see below. The 4 ½’ x 4 ½’ squares can be cut from a variety of different fabrics (a total of about 2 ½ yards or about 10 fat quarters.
This quilt is very scrap friendly. It will use forty (40) – 8 ½ x 8 ½ in squares and one hundred sixty (160) – 4 ½ x 4 ½ inch squares. It is best if all the 8 ½” x 8 ½” squares are cut from the same fabric (about 2 ½ yards), but it is not required, see below. The 4 ½’ x 4 ½’ squares can be cut from a variety of different fabrics (a total of about 2 ½ yards or about 10 fat quarters.
- Sew four 4 ½’ x 4 ½’ squares to form a Four Patch Block.
- Sew alternating Four Patch Blocks and 8 ½” x 8 ½” Blocks, so that there are eight (8) blocks across by ten (10) blocks down.
- See different alternatives below.
Piece for Peace
Award winning quilter, Claudia Pfeil is requesting quilters to send her 8 1/2” blocks in blue and yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian flag. She will make the blocks into quilts for refugees/children who are fleeing Ukraine.
Claudia writes,
Calling my friends worldwide: I will start a project, collecting blocks in 8 1/2"(seam allowance included), colors: blue/yellow (Ukrainian flag), techniques: everything is allowed... I will sew and quilt one or more quilts (depending on how many blocks I will receive), donate them to refugees (children?) from Ukraine coming to Europe or whatever the future will lead me to. I am soooo absolutely devastated about the news that I want, no... I need to do something and the only thing I can do is quilt and ask for peace!
Your Claudia
My address:
Quilt-Studio and Galerie Alte Brotfabrik
Ritterstrasse 183
47805 Krefeld/Germany
Please make a note on customs form: no value, a gift/ donation
Award winning quilter, Claudia Pfeil is requesting quilters to send her 8 1/2” blocks in blue and yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian flag. She will make the blocks into quilts for refugees/children who are fleeing Ukraine.
Claudia writes,
Calling my friends worldwide: I will start a project, collecting blocks in 8 1/2"(seam allowance included), colors: blue/yellow (Ukrainian flag), techniques: everything is allowed... I will sew and quilt one or more quilts (depending on how many blocks I will receive), donate them to refugees (children?) from Ukraine coming to Europe or whatever the future will lead me to. I am soooo absolutely devastated about the news that I want, no... I need to do something and the only thing I can do is quilt and ask for peace!
Your Claudia
My address:
Quilt-Studio and Galerie Alte Brotfabrik
Ritterstrasse 183
47805 Krefeld/Germany
Please make a note on customs form: no value, a gift/ donation
Community Quilts Workday
Community Quilt Workday was dedicated to making twin quilts for Educate Tomorrow and made quilts for students transitioning out of the foster care system. If you missed it, you can still participate.
Gather up your fabrics that young adults (18 year old) may like and let's use them to make quilts. Let's try to bring a little joy to their lives because they have so little. Fabric suggestions: Graphic prints, solids, something that all gender identities would like. Workday will begin after the General Meeting.
We are going to follow a video quilt tutorial with the fabulous Jenny Doan of Missouri Star and make Dakota Sunrise quilts for the students of Educate Tomorrow. The quilt is shown in two colorways, and is suited for scraps or pre-cuts.
Here is a short list of the fabric requirements.
Visit the online tutorial for more details on cutting and sewing this easy quilt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLlcpFBIFkM
To learn more about Educate Tomorrow, visit: https://www.educatetomorrow.org/index.php
Fidget Quilts
Ocean Waves is making fidget quilts for the VA Hospital as part of our Community Quilts projects. For more information and ideas on making fidget quilts, check out:
www.needlepointers.com/main/youtubecontent.aspx?youtubepageid=255
youtu.be/GhojSOjTAn4
Community Quilt Workday was dedicated to making twin quilts for Educate Tomorrow and made quilts for students transitioning out of the foster care system. If you missed it, you can still participate.
Gather up your fabrics that young adults (18 year old) may like and let's use them to make quilts. Let's try to bring a little joy to their lives because they have so little. Fabric suggestions: Graphic prints, solids, something that all gender identities would like. Workday will begin after the General Meeting.
We are going to follow a video quilt tutorial with the fabulous Jenny Doan of Missouri Star and make Dakota Sunrise quilts for the students of Educate Tomorrow. The quilt is shown in two colorways, and is suited for scraps or pre-cuts.
Here is a short list of the fabric requirements.
- 1 layer cake (or scraps) cut as follows:
- 16-10 x 10 inches (uncut, if using layer cake)
- 31-5 x 10 inches
- 15-5 x 5 inches
- 48-2.5 x 2.5 inches
- 2 1/2 yards background cut into 2.5 inch strips
- For Sashing: 57-10 x 2.5 inches and 54-5 x 2.5 inches
- For Border 2.5-inch strips to fit quilt perimeter
Visit the online tutorial for more details on cutting and sewing this easy quilt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLlcpFBIFkM
To learn more about Educate Tomorrow, visit: https://www.educatetomorrow.org/index.php
Fidget Quilts
Ocean Waves is making fidget quilts for the VA Hospital as part of our Community Quilts projects. For more information and ideas on making fidget quilts, check out:
www.needlepointers.com/main/youtubecontent.aspx?youtubepageid=255
youtu.be/GhojSOjTAn4
