Scrapbag Quilters, Northern Illinois

Community Service Projects

Soft Fleece or Flannel Comfort blankets for:

OSF-St. Anthony's Hospital Pediatric Unit, Rockford - (no fringe on these, please)

Durand Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) unit

Pecatonica EMT unit

Tri-City Ambulance

Questions to: Judy Norling info@scrapbagquilters.org

Baby Layettes for mothers in need:

In 2010, 157 sets of baby clothes were assembled and in 2011 164 sets were assembled and donated to:

Mother Hubbard's Kiddie Cupboard, Freeport

Pregnancy Center - Freeport

Voices Shelter - Freeport

Club members assemble layettes for boy babies or girls from sewn or donated or purchased baby clothing and accessories.

Needed now: diapers and lightweight baby clothing.

Want to sew or donate? Questions to: Arletta Helms info@scrapbagquilters.org

Layette

A layette bundle is prepared for girls or boys
and contains quite a few items as shown below.

Members enjoy making little garments for the layettes.

The Veterans Project

The Tomah Veterans Administration Medical Center in Tomah, WI was the recipient of 16 quilts to honor inductees into the Medical Center's Hall of Heroes. With Veteran's Day falling on 11/11/11 this year, the Center inducted two new members into the Hall, adding to the fourteen members previously inducted. Della Hamberg and Joyce Eneberg are coordinating the effort to collect red, white/cream, and blue fabrics and make blocks for quilt tops. Bonnie Edwards, Vicki Robbel, Esther Dixon, and Fran Waller contribute their skills at long-arm quilting to turn fabric into comfy quilts, many adorned with messages of thanks for the inductee's service.

Previous sewing from Scrapbag Quilt Club has included quilts to the Quilts of Valor project, the Wounded Warriors project, and quilts to the VA Hospital in Texas.

Questions or donations may be directed to project leader, Della Hamberg. Contact her at: info@scrapbagquilters.org.

17 Quilts were made in 2010 with member sewing and Della's organization. 25 quilts were completed in 2011.

The Hall of Heroes was the site of the ceremony honoring veterans in Tomah, WI on 11/11/11.

Members presented 16 quilts to veterans in Tomah, WI on 11/11/11.

Fund Raising for our Community Service Projects

Silent Auction

Scrapbag Quilters holds a Silent Auction of handmade items every year. It was September 9 & 10, 2011 in Durand.

Money raised at this event is used to purchase fabric and notions for our community service projects and for education and programs.

Quilts, purses, stuffed animals, baby clothes, kitchen items, holiday decor, and tons of other handmade items were sold.

Lots of fun to top someone else's bid!

Picture Frame Wall Hanging - put kid pictures in the frames.

Annual Raffle Quilt

Money raised from raffling a quilt is used to buy fabric and batting for other community service projects.

The 2011 Raffle Quilt was won on September 10, 2011. Lori Froehlich went home with the bed quilt. Sue McCoy won the wall hanging.

The "Granny's Stars" queen-sized quilt featured reproduction 1930's fabrics to complement the style of scrappy star blocks. The flower border is hand appliqued dimensional flower yo-yo's.

A close up of the quilting, donated by long-arm machine-quilter Bonnie Edwards, (Bonnie's Quilting Coop, 815.541.0886 or email). The photo shows stiple quilting around the hand-appliquéd flower and quilted feathers at the left, along a border. Lots of members contributed time and talent to completion of this beauty.

A poster shows the names of members who helped with the quilt. Thanks to Vicki Lawson for making the wall hanging shown below the flower below.

Special Raffle Quilt for Macktown Living History Center

To help celebrate quilts during the Northern Illinois Quilt Festival, which runs from July to September at many venues in six Stateline counties, Scrapbag Quilt Cub has made a quilt in conjunction with the Macktown Living History Center. The quilt was raffled in September by the History Center to benefit the community service efforts of both groups.

More info: on the Northern Illinois Quilt Festival

or Macktown Living History Center

Permission has been granted by designer Michele Hill & Country Bumpkin Publications, Edwardstown, South Australia to the Scrapbag Quilt Club and Macktown Living History Center to use the center design, taken from "William Morris in Applique" for a raffle quilt. The borders were designed by Bonnie Edwards, who also quilted the work, and sewing was completed by members of the Scrapbag Quilt Club.