Quilting is more fun than Housework...: Many Hands and Many Hearts

Since the start of the pandemic, I have been evaluating what is important to me and what I want to focus my time on in the future. That is why I decided to contact my local hospital to set up a quilt donation program. Their Volunteer Coordinator will be my contact - the Sacred Heart Medical Center will be the recipient.

So at the beginning of 2023, I started a block drive here on my blog. Every three months, I will announce a new block(s) design and my readers can make blocks to send to me if they like. You can read more about the schedule here.

If you are curious, these quilts will be supporting multiple programs here in Oregon. At Sacred Heart Hospital, they will be used in the palliative care program - both in-house and at-home. There is also a family housing program (similar to a Ronald McDonald house) where comfort quilts will be given to the children. If there is enough stock, clergy and social workers can also request a quilt for someone who could benefit from one. My goal is to be sure there will always be enough stock!

Another organization we support is Bags of Love. We make large donations throughout the year to help support kids in crisis.

Ways you can help:

Make and Donate blocks

Donate large cuts of fabric for Backings and Bindings

Donate completed Quilt Tops (We will get them quilted)

Donate completed Quilts

Please note: To safely and effectively serve our mission, we ask that all volunteers that any material goods donated are clean and unused. They should also be free from pet hair, smoke or heavy fragrance. Thanks!

(If you need my address to send some blocks, email me at cynthiabdesigns at gmail dot com.)

Here are the drives so far: