COMFORT QUILTS

2021 Comfort Quilt Ideas

It’s a new year and while we have no crystal balls to see what the future will bring, our past history as a guild tells us that we will continue our tradition of reaching out to the Parker County communities through our Comfort Quilt program. In 2020, 196 quilts were created by members and distributed to senior living centers, the police, young mothers and others as needs were identified. With the pandemic continuing, the needs will continue to be great.

This year we will do something a little different by showcasing a simple pattern of the month. These will be quilts patterns available on the web. All give us permission to use the patterns for charitable projects. Watch this space for monthly updates!!

So let’s all try to make just one. Take a picture and send it to the newsletter at qgpcnewsletter@gmail.com so we can have a comfort quilts show and tell each month. We'll post them below in the gallery and in the newsletter.

Comfort quilts can be dropped off this year at Lynn Main’s house. There will be a large plastic tub on the front porch that you can put quilts in if she is not home.

JANUARY 2021 - QUICK STRIPPIE
My pick to start the year is Quick Strippie by Mary Quilts. Her website is maryquilts.com. With almost 100 simple quilt patterns, there is something here for almost everyone. Her blog is heartwarming, too. Using just three coordinating fabrics, this one can be sewn together in a morning. Click here to go to directly to the pattern. Or from the home page and type in “quick strippie” in the search box on the right side to find the pattern.

FEBRUARY 2021 - TBD

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Comfort Quilt Overview

The Comfort Quilts program supports one of the missions of the Quilter's Guild of Parker County. Quilts of various sizes are produced at the annual Sew-in by members who spend a good part of a day sewing quilts for the community. Sometimes, a comfort quilt might be worked on by several quilters as they pass it around performing tasks they enjoy the most until the quilt is completed.

Since 2010, nearly 2,500 quilts have been donated throughout Parker County. Our goal remains approximately 200 quilts per year. It has been our privilege to work with many organizations within Parker County who help distribute some of the quilts.

A few of the charities we have supported are: