Bring your sewing machines and scissors and work with other quilters in making projects for the community.
This is a lot of fun and a great way to meet others in the guild. You can sew or cut fabric or put together kits for an hour or two, or stay all day if you like. Coffee's on and there are usually some tasty treats!
Dear Quilters, I hope all of you had a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. We are starting a new year and I hope all of you have oiled your machines because here we go again. We are going to make this year a big one.
I would like to see more of you visit one of my Sew Days. I am happy to be with you again. The year of 2009, 112 quilts went to Vanessa Behan, 122 quilts to the Spokane Valley Partners along with 356 stockings.
A total of 234 quilts for the year.
Thank you quilters for making this possible.
Your community service chair, -Alvina Babcock
Argonne Branch
4322 N. Argonne Road
Spokane, WA. 99212
Phone: 509-893-8260
Spokane Valley Branch
12004 E. Main Avenue
Spokane Valley, WA. 99206
Phone: 509-893-8400
February 20 - Community Sew Day
Otis Orchards 10 am - 4 pm
22324 E. Wellesley Avenue
509-893-8390
March 20 - Community Sew Day
Argonne Library 10 am - 4 pm
The Spokane Valley Quilters Guild takes pride in being an influential non-profit organization in the greater Spokane area. The SVQG takes part in an annual raffle quilt that is assembled in the summer by its members who then vend raffle tickets throughout the fall, so that a lucky individual may win the quilt in the spring. This allows the SVQG to accrue a profit that is then used for the good of others (in the form of charity quilts) through organizations in Spokane, such as Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery, Spokane Valley Partners (formerly Spokane Valley Center), and Quilts of Valor.
Our quilt guild has received another request for quilts from Camp Good Times, a summer camp for children who have been stricken with cancer but are now in remission. Director Betsy Medley, daughter of SVQG member Karen Medley, said that last year the camp served 138 children from ages 5 to 17. They received 35 small quilts from Project Linus and were able to supply quilts to the youngest children, but there were none for the older ones. If you wish to make a quilt to donate to this good cause, it should be large enough for a middle-schooler or teenager. I’m sure they would also accept crib-size quilts for the youngest ones. Thanks to our guild members for all the great community service projects they support!
“We all have gifts. Each one of us has something to offer the world.”
…Says Dr. Bill Magee who with his wife, Kathy, founded Operation Smile, an organization that has helped to repair cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities in children from 51 countries in the world. Many of these children with facial deformities are treated as outcasts or even thrown away like trash. A typical Smile mission treats about 150 children. After the operation, their lives are changed completely. You might ask why I have sent this message to the Valley Quilter’s Guild? Well, Operation Smile welcomes the donation of light quilts and blankets for the children to use in the hospital and then to take home afterward.
This worldwide organization of volunteers is dedicated to improve the lives of children, to train local medical professionals and to leave behind equipment in order lay the groundwork for self-sufficiency in these countries. Would you like to be part of the Operation Smile Team? Could you provide a child sized quilt to provide warmth and comfort to the children of Operation Smile? This would make a great project for small groups and individuals who would like to brighten our world and their smiles.
I will be glad to coordinate an Op Smile quilting project. If you are interested, please call Marilyn Miller, 926-2353 or reach me at mimi2124@netzero.com