Community Quilt Day 2025
Sun, Jan 26
|West Hartford
Join us in turning our scraps into colorful and cozy quilts to be donated to Journey Home in Hartford. (This is a free event.)
Time & Location
Jan 26, 2025, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
West Hartford, 207 Park Rd 2nd floor, West Hartford, CT 06119, USA
Guests
About the event
Our scrap basket is overflowing and it's time to turn them into beautiful scrappy blankets to donate to Journey Home. Journey Home is a local organization finding innovative solutions to end homelessness in Hartford. We are excited to be partnering again with them on this project! This year there are even more ways to help out!
JANUARY 13TH - 26TH
PHASE 1: AT HOME BLOCK MAKING
All of our blocks are created using an improvisational method: essentially sew two pieces together, press flat, add another piece and keep on going! At home sewers can use your own fabric, or pick up packs of fabric from the studio, between January 13th and January 20th, sew the blocks at home, and return to the studio by January 26th. There's no minimum or maximum number of blocks-- every bit helps!
JANUARY 21ST
SCRAP SORTING
Tickets
AT HOME BLOCK MAKER
Pick up scrap bags from the studio (or provide your own) between January 13th and 20th. We have a large bag on the studio porch. Take as many small plastic bags as you can sew! (Each bag makes about 10 - 15 blocks). Use improvisational techniques to create quilt blocks at least 13" x 13". You can trim at home or we can trim at the studio. Return blocks and unused scraps no later than January 26th.
$0.00BATTING, BACKING AND BINDING
We need 2-4 yard cuts of quilting cotton for the backing. We need twin size batting -- pieced together batting is welcome! Please check out our Amazon Wishlist in the event description if you would like to have batting sent to us directly! If you have leftover binding from quilts that you want to donate we will gladly accept it. Please drop off at the studio no later than January 26th.
$0.00SCRAP SORTER
Join me at the studio on Tues, Jan 21st from 9am - 11am to sort through the scraps so they're ready for sewers on Sunday!
$0.00Sold OutQUILTING AND FINISHING
Pick up pieced quilt tops the week of January 28th along with backing and batting. It's up to you how the quilt is quilted, tied and bound! Please return no later than March 3rd
$0.0010am - 11am
Join us on the day of to help sort and press fabric, trim blocks, sew together scraps and piece together quilt tops. No quilting experience is needed. There is a lot that needs to be done during the day so please be willing to help out wherever you're needed!
$0.0011am - 12pm
Join us on the day of to help sort and press fabric, trim blocks, sew together scraps and piece together quilt tops. No quilting experience is needed. There is a lot that needs to be done during the day so please be willing to help out wherever you're needed!
$0.0012pm - 1pm
Join us on the day of to help sort and press fabric, trim blocks, sew together scraps and piece together quilt tops. No quilting experience is needed. There is a lot that needs to be done during the day so please be willing to help out wherever you're needed!
$0.001pm - 2pm
Join us on the day of to help sort and press fabric, trim blocks, sew together scraps and piece together quilt tops. No quilting experience is needed. There is a lot that needs to be done during the day so please be willing to help out wherever you're needed!
$0.002pm - 3pm
Join us on the day of to help sort and press fabric, trim blocks, sew together scraps and piece together quilt tops. No quilting experience is needed. There is a lot that needs to be done during the day so please be willing to help out wherever you're needed!
$0.003pm - 4pm
Join us on the day of to help sort and press fabric, trim blocks, sew together scraps and piece together quilt tops. No quilting experience is needed. There is a lot that needs to be done during the day so please be willing to help out wherever you're needed!
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