SCVQA Community Quilts
SCVQA members enjoy giving back to the community and fulfilling part of the association's mission to support philanthropic endeavors. We make quilts, which we collect and donate to many charitable organizations. We also gather for Community Quilts Work Days where we can work together and share the tasks involved in organizing and completing quilts for donation.
Donating Finished Quilts
For those wanting to donate quilts, the Community Quilts team recommends the following approximate sizes, with width listed first:
- Veteran: 60" x 72" or 60" x 84"
- Child or Teen: 40" x 60"
- Wheelchair or Child: 36" x 45"
- Baby: 36" x 40" (more or less for each measurement)
- NICU: 18" x 18" up to 36"x36"
(square or rectangular within those dimensions)
Donating Quilt Tops (aka Flimsies)
For those wanting to donate quilt tops, we are only accepting tops 60" or less in length for 2024. We have a large amount of the longer sized tops that we are working to sandwich and have quilted by members.
Finishing Quilt Sandwiches
For those wanting to turn quilt tops into finished quilts, we welcome anyone who wants to quilt the quilt sandwiches and/or to attach binding.
It's a great way to practice and give back to the community at the same time.
Community Quilts in person meetings Contact Robin Scheiderer for questions and details if you would like to join us. Join in on the fun of creating quilts for our community. We meet at Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1550 Meridian Ave. San Jose, CA two times a month (use the parking lot around the corner and down the road on Alta Glen Dr.) From that parking lot, follow the walkway through the breezeway into the courtyard and you will find us in the great hall on your right.
Bring your sewing machine and all your sewing things to work on sewing tops or quilting sandwiches. We have irons and ironing boards if needed. Bring your measuring tape to help sort finished quilts and layer the tops we have received. We are a friendly group and look forward to meeting more SCVQA members. | Upcoming Community Quilts Work Days
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The Community Quilts group have developed the following easy patterns that look great using a bunch of scraps. Or if you prefer, they look great in coordinated fabrics too. Here’s the best part - they contain NO matching seams! We have packaged each pattern and enough squares and sashing into kits that you can pickup during in-person events to take home and complete. You can also download the patterns and use your own fabric or scraps. These patterns and our other easy patterns are all available on the Patterns page.
Stacked Squares NICU Pattern
| Stacked Squares Med Pattern
| 6 1/2" Quilt-As-You-Go Pattern
| 10" Quilt-As-You-Go Pattern  |
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