Community Quilts

Many thanks to the 35 quilters who came to the Sew-In on February 9th. It was a wonderful time to peek into each other’s sewing area and see beautiful quilts on the walls. Debi Grundmeier was a wonderful host, checking on everyone’s progress and introducing new members. Several people finished and shared their tops. Some tops were made from the kits put together by Community Quilts and some from individual stashes. To the recipients it doesn’t matter where they come from, and the committee appreciates your participation both ways.

You do not need to finish your top unless you are so motivated. Once the tops are returned to Community Quilts, we will but backing, batting and binding and make them available for quilters to finish. If you want to finish it yourself, you are welcome to stop by Sonsio on Feb. 19th, between 9am and 11am, to pick up batting, backing and binding. You will need to help pick out the fabric, but we can cut it for you.

Again, thank you to all the people on and off Zoom who are making Sew-In tops. These quilts will help us fulfill our donations to Hope House, The Delores Project, Alliant Hospice, Ralston House, veterans and Arvada families.

Looking for a few good people!

Community Quilts are made by the guild and donated to various facilities in the community. The purpose of the committee is to make kits which are then checked out at our monthly meetings. Fabric is cut according to a pattern and put in a bag with the pattern for piecing. Once the top is returned, the committee cuts backing, batting, and binding for the kit, and it is made available for someone to check out to layer, quilt, and bind. The final finished quilt is then put into the inventory and assigned to one of our designated charities for donation.

All these steps take many hands. The committee meets once a month on the 3rd Thursday from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm at Sonsio in Arvada. This company has generously offered us warehouse space and a workspace. Anyone is welcome to join us. Just bring your rotary cutter to Sonsio, 5630 Ward Road, Arvada.

Members at large check out either kits to piece or kits to quilt every month, if interested. This work by members makes the Community Quilts program successful as you can see by the huge number we have been able to donate this year.

Are you accurate with a rotary blade & ruler?

Love to handle fabric?

Can stand on your feet for a couple of hours?

Want to be involved in the rewarding experience of being in the chain of making quilts for people in need?

Questions or Donations: Linda Kennedy lkenn1410@comcast.net or 720-935-5112

Request a Kit to Work On: Annie Conry 303-669-8198

Join us and make a quilt for charity!

Quilters are a generous group. Generous with their talents, time, and hearts. Community Quilts manages the creating, collecting, and distribution of quilts from crib size to twin size to several, Board-approved organizations.

Community Quilts Delivered YTD-30

Distributed in February

Hope House (adult) 5

Hope House (kid) 5

Delores Project 5

Alliant Hospice 5

Ralston House 10

Ralston House is an organization with 3 locations, which provides forensic interviewing of children who have been victims or witnesses of violence and abuse. We donate 10 brightly colored children’s quilts from lap size to twin size every other month.

Veterans: We donate to/through American Legion Post 178 and they are then given to the Redistribution Center for Vets. In October we donate between 15 - 20 quilts.

Hope House: This facility empowers parenting teenage moms to strive for personal and economic self-sufficiency with a motto of "We are making a difference, two generations at a time." We donate 5 children's and 5 adult quilts to them every month for the moms to keep.

Delores Project: Housing provided for homeless women on a temporary and long-term basis. Support is given to them to find safe, affordable housing when they are ready to move on from Delores Project.

Arvada Families: 18 quilts are donated to the United Methodist Church of Arvada to be given to families in need as identified by the local schools.

2025 End of the Year Community Quilts Delivered-237

2024 End of the Year Community Quilts Delivered-247

2023 End of Year Community Quilts Delivered-261

2022 End of Year Community Quilts Delivered-315

EMERGENCY QUILT REQUEST

Occasionally we are asked to provide a few quilts for people in dire circumstances. Since our Guild has been very supportive of Community Quilts, we have been able to respond. However, rather than pull from quilts already designated for our chosen facilities (noted above), we are building a small stash for other emergency situations. We may or may not be able to meet all requests, depending on the frequency.

If you know of a situation in which Columbine Quilt Guild can be of help, please contact Linda Kennedy lkenn1410@comcast.net or call her with questions at 720-935-5112.

Please provide the following information in your email request:

Your Name, Phone #, and Email Address
Quantity and Sizes of quilts needed
When are they needed?
What is the situation and how many people are impacted?

Community Quilts Delivered

2024 = 247

2023 = 261

2022 = 315

2021 = 206

2020 = 143

2019 = 97

2017 = 82

FABRIC & QUILT DONATIONS ACCEPTED

Do you, or someone you know, have fabric or quilts you would like to donate to Columbine Quilt Guild?

Please contact Linda Kennedy lkenn1410@comcast.net or 720-935-5112

Quilts Delivered!

Columbine Quilting Guild has donated 30 quilts to the Marshall Fire victims.

Vickie Marks donated 12, and Connie Napier donated 10. Susan and Sharon Kent dropped the quilts off at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, accepted by Director Karen Roxburgh.

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