Peninsula Quilters

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Menu Home Meetings Workshops Quilt Show Newsletter Membership Board Outreach Mystery Quilt Friendship Blocks By-Laws Affiliates Library Contact	Peninsula Quilters participates in several charitable programs. Our members are very generous with their time and talent to make great quilts for our outreach projects. Neo-Natal Quilts - this very popular program was begun by Carole Johnson. She learned of the need for little quilts to be used by the babies in the neo-natal intensive care unit at Stanford Hospital. Quilts should measure no smaller than 24" on a side and no more than 36" per side. Completed quilts can be dropped off at the back table at guild meetings. Donation Quilts - lap to bed size quilts are made by guild members and donated to the Shelter Network and the Center for Domesic Violence Prevention. Occasionally quilts are also made and donated to special projects such as quilts for the victims of hurricane Katrina. Kits to make quilts are available for pick up at most guild meetings. Donations of tops and materials to make quilts are welcome. Quilts for Young Readers - a great program begun a few years ago by Karen Cutter. Books with a quilt theme are purchased and a guild member may choose a book and make a quilt or quilted item to go with the story. The quilts are small - 24 to 36 inches square. The quilted projects and book are packaged together and available for check out by school teachers in San Mateo County. The project has been very well received by teachers and their classes. It's magical to read the children the book and then present the quilt at the end. The kid's eyes light up as they burst out in amazement - "That's the quilt!" To see a list of what is currently available for teachers to check out, visit the district site. If you would like to participate, call Karen Cutter and she will get you a book. She even takes requests. Tactile Quilts for Blind Babies - these quilts are a wonderful learning tool for the babies. Quilts made should be 40" x 50" and up to 50" x 55" and made of 4" - 5" squares of fabric. Use fabrics with a variety of textures such as corduroy, flannel, chenille and so forth. Quilts should be backed with plain fabrics. The blind babies enjoy feeling the different textures on their quilts. They should be backed with dark fabric. They should be quilted and not tied. See Mary Lazarus for more details and to deliver finished quilts.

Peninsula Quilters participates in several charitable programs. Our members are very generous with their time and talent to make great quilts for our outreach projects.

Neo-Natal Quilts - this very popular program was begun by Carole Johnson. She learned of the need for little quilts to be used by the babies in the neo-natal intensive care unit at Stanford Hospital. Quilts should measure no smaller than 24" on a side and no more than 36" per side. Completed quilts can be dropped off at the back table at guild meetings.

Donation Quilts - lap to bed size quilts are made by guild members and donated to the Shelter Network and the Center for Domesic Violence Prevention. Occasionally quilts are also made and donated to special projects such as quilts for the victims of hurricane Katrina. Kits to make quilts are available for pick up at most guild meetings. Donations of tops and materials to make quilts are welcome.

Quilts for Young Readers - a great program begun a few years ago by Karen Cutter. Books with a quilt theme are purchased and a guild member may choose a book and make a quilt or quilted item to go with the story. The quilts are small - 24 to 36 inches square. The quilted projects and book are packaged together and available for check out by school teachers in San Mateo County. The project has been very well received by teachers and their classes. It's magical to read the children the book and then present the quilt at the end. The kid's eyes light up as they burst out in amazement - "That's the quilt!" To see a list of what is currently available for teachers to check out, visit the district site. If you would like to participate, call Karen Cutter and she will get you a book. She even takes requests.

Tactile Quilts for Blind Babies - these quilts are a wonderful learning tool for the babies. Quilts made should be 40" x 50" and up to 50" x 55" and made of 4" - 5" squares of fabric. Use fabrics with a variety of textures such as corduroy, flannel, chenille and so forth. Quilts should be backed with plain fabrics. The blind babies enjoy feeling the different textures on their quilts. They should be backed with dark fabric. They should be quilted and not tied. See Mary Lazarus for more details and to deliver finished quilts.

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