Giving Quilts

This page lists the current charity quilt efforts that guild members are invited to contribute to. You can view completed quilts from past years on Our Collaborations page.

February 2025

New Pattern: Stash Jazz by Carole Lyles Shaw

Carole Lyles Shaw has graciously granted permission for us to use her pattern for Giving Quilts. Please respect her wishes and do not copy for yourself or others.

Thank you for contributing to the Giving Quilt project of our guild. If you wish to do an entire top – or quilt – please follow the directions on the quilt pattern. (We have received permission to use this pattern for giving quilts.) We are accepting lap (39" x 48" or 55" x 62") and twin (68" x 83") sizes.

Stash Jazz Pattern Link (for Giving Quilts only)

If you wish to contribute improv blocks that will be sewn to the solid blocks by others, please make the following unfinished sizes:

  • Block B: 4" x 6"
  • Block D: 14" x 14"
  • Block E: 3" x 9"
  • Block H: 9" x 22"

Make as many blocks as you wish. Ultimately, for one twin quilt, we will need 8 of each block. Please note, these letters refer to the BLOCKS in the pattern, not to the borders. You will note the block sizes listed above are .5” wider/longer than indicated on the pattern. This is to allow a bit of leeway as we combine the blocks you contribute with blocks from others.

As you work on this project, remember to have fun. We want to improve the lives of those who receive these quilts AND we want to have fun while we accomplish that. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact me, Linda Teri or LindaT on Discord.

Donation Sites

Kenmore Senior Women’s Shelter

Join us in supporting elder women at the Kenmore Women’s Shelter
because getting older shouldn’t mean a life on the streets.

KSWS is A specialized shelter program serving retirement-age (or close to retirement age) women who are seeking shared housing solutions – e.g. renting rooms together in affordable/low income apartments or houses. The target population is senior women who are community-minded, socially-stable, and retirement-age (or close to retirement) with very low fixed income. Target shelter census is 30 women.  This Center opened in January 2025.

YWCA Pathways for Women 

ELIMINATING RACISM, EMPOWERING WOMEN

This emergency women's shelter has provided safe housing and resources for single women and mothers with children experiencing homelessness in Snohomish County for more than two decades. YWCA Pathways for Women is a 45-day emergency shelter for single adult women and mothers with children. We strive to give all clients the opportunity to find decent, affordable, and safe housing for themselves and their children. Clients have their own room and meet regularly with an advocate to develop and execute a Housing Stability Action Plan.

Westside Baby 

WestSide Baby envisions a day when each child is equipped with the basic items they need to grow healthy, happy, and resilient members of our community.  

Please consider:

  • Crib size quilts (30" x 40")  

  • No religious motifs (they do not know what family they will be going to) 
  • Make sure they are sturdy enough to handle industrial washer and dryers
  • If you want to put words on your quilt think about encouragement (love, share, beautiful, etc )
  • They will not turn away other sized quilts Baby Quilts are just what they have the most need in. 

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