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Children's Quilts/EBHQ
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Work Days:
Come help to cut, sew, tie and bind quilts for special children.
Join us for all day or just part of the day at Saturday EBHQ Drop In at
Albany United Methodist Church, 980 Stannage Ave.,
Albany (at Marin), usually
3rd Saturday of the month.
(Be sure to check the calendar!)
All members and friends of EBHQ are invited to participate in our
Children's Quilts activities.
Rules:
Our only rule is that this activity is not to cause stress but just the good feeling that comes when you are in the grove doing something you love.
There are many ways for you to join us:
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Work Days: Come help to cut, sew, tie and bind quilts for special children. Join us for all day or just part of the day at Saturday EBHQ Drop In at Albany United Methodist Church, 980 Stannage, Albany (at Marin), usually the 3rd Saturday of the month. (Be sure to check the calendar!)
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Sew quilt kits for tops: At any of the EBHQ meetings pick
up a pre-packaged kit and take it home to sew up at your leisure.
You may then add back and batting and complete by tying or quilting,
bind and return the finished quilt OR just return sewn top to any EBHQ meeting.
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Tie or machine quilts tops at home.
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Sew bindings on at home by hand or machine.
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Donations: We are always looking for donations of unused quilting weight cottons from your collections that are not musty from storage.
If you are prewashing, please use unscented soap and fabric softeners
Deliver donations to any EBHQ meetings, New Pieces Quilt Shop, or contact Deanna : deannadavi@comcast.net
History:
In 1988, one woman in Berkeley decided to make a quilt to comfort a child
with AIDS. Friends and neighbors soon joined the effort,
and then more and more joined. As the years passed, the network
of volunteers in Children's Quilt Project (CQP) grew to reach
every state and six foreign countries. After eight years, Diane Dehler,
the founder and Executive Director of CQP officially
closed the non-project organization, stating, “I feel that
we have served our purpose of educating the public about the need
of babies and children living with AIDS for comfort and love.
When CQP first started, we were the only voice at
national AIDS conferences for these children. As the
needs and numbers were brought to the attention
of quilters across the country, their outpouring of love and
concern helped to develop education and understanding.
When CQP officially closed in 1996 thousands of community
organizations across the nation had developed new networks to
provide comfort to three groups of special children: children
living with AIDS and HIV disease, children born drug-addicted
and homeless children. At this time, the Executive Board of East Bay Heritage
Quilters voted to act as the coordinating organization to continue CQP established activities in the Greater Bay Area under the name of Children's
Quilts/East Bay Heritage Quilters.
Over a 1,000 quilts are made and distributed each year.
If you have any questions about the Children's Quilt project contact Deanna at:
deannadavi@comcast.net.
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