Community Service: Current Projects

Bali Girls

Bali Fabrics, Inc. provides our Guild's Community Service efforts by providing new batik fabrics for our use in making Community Service Quilts.  Members who agree to complete a Community Service quilt within 2 months of receiving Bali fabrics are known as our "Bali Girls."  Members work independently to produce a completed quilt OR may choose to put together a small group to accomplish the task.  If you would like to become a Bali Girl member, contact Deb Martinez to obtain fabric.

Be sure to see all of the quilts created by our Bali Girls in our Photo Gallery.

Quilts of Valor

Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild joins QOV (Quilts of Valor) as a local group in making quilts to cover war wounded and injured service members and veterans.

The QOV mini-group meets the first and third Wednesdays from 9:00 – 12:00 at Zia United Methodist Church, 3368 Governor Miles Road. The group plans various quilt patterns, fabric, cutting, and piecing resulting in a quilt top for one of the local longarmers to quilt. Once quilted, the quilt is 'relayed' to another person for binding.

In addition to the mini-group, block kits are prepared to be available at guild meetings for attendees to pick up and return when completed. The blocks can be returned at the next guild meeting or dropped off at Santa Fe Quilting. New quilt patterns and block kits will be provided every two months so that both the morning and evening attendees will have an opportunity to participate in making blocks. All quilts will have a label and a case to "wrap" the quilt for presentation. Journals are prepared to give some information about the process and thoughts as the quilts have been stitched.

The final destination for the quilt is coordinated through Catherine Roberts, founder of QOV and presented to the recipient during special ceremonies.

There are many ways to volunteer to work with QOV: 1) Joining the QOV mini-group when available, 2) making block kits, 3) putting the blocks together, 4) quilting, 5) binding, 6) making presentation cases, 7) preparing block kits, 8) making quilt tops, 9) donating fabric, 10) donating batting, and 11) donating financially to help purchase fabric and batting and pay postage to send the quilts to the recipients.

For additional information please visit the QOV website at: www.qovf.org.

Project Linus 2006

Sponsored by Sewing Center of Santa Fe

This is an ongoing yearly project. Feel free to deliver your finished quilts to the Sewing Center of Santa Fe.

According to the Project Linus website "Project Linus is a 100% volunteer non-profit organization with a two-fold mission: First, it is our mission to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer "blanketeers." Second, it is our mission to provide a rewarding and fun service opportunity for interested individuals and groups in local communities, for the benefit of children." The main sponsor of Project Linus is Janome of America.

Visit our Gallery to see photos from a community service workshop for Project Linus and other charitable endeavors.