November Sew Day

Sew Day Volunteers

We had a lively group this month and it was wonderful to see all the ladies working so hard.

The talent of this group is outstanding and we appreciate all they do to make Quilts for Kids Milwaukee so successful.

Thank you one and all!

Donated Quilts

August Quilt Donations

Even during the warm summer months we continue to work on our quilt projects.

Our volunteers are so very generous.

June Sew Day

Sew Day

We had a smaller group during June as many of our volunteers were enjoying the summer weather.

We worked on our projects and decided as a group to take off the month of July.

May Sew Day

Donated Quilts

Even as the weather gets warmer, our group is still very active. We've been getting fabric donations and continue to work on many quilts. Our group is as excited now as when we started a few months back and the enthusiasm is contagious.

Donated Quilts

Quilt Donation Delivery

Last week we delivered over 100 quilts for our first trip to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

What a thrill to reach this goal of 100 so quickly! Our volunteers worked so hard to get us to this point and the staff at Children's is so very appreciative.

April Sew Day

Quilts for Kids Volunteers

Our group has been very productive over the past few months. We've managed to transform lots of our donated fabrics into some lovable, cuddly quilts.

Now that we've had some time to get to know each other we've easily become friends. Everyone looks forward to learning new techniques from each other. We really enjoy our sew days here at Bigsby's!

Donated Quilts

Donated Quilts

March Sew Day

Crayon Caddy

Not only have our volunteers created some great quilts, we have some cute little crayon caddies/coloring totes that were donated as well. These are definitely an item that can be enjoyed by some of the patients and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin where our quilt donations will end up.

There are many free online tutorials and patterns available to make these little gems. So many quilters and pattern designers have generously allowed their online audiences the availability of free patterns and we encourage our volunteers to try them out in order to lower their out-of-pocket costs.

We also love to share what we learn from using a variety of patterns and we all get to benefit from each other.

Quilts for Kids Volunteers

Donated Quilts

February Sew Day

Quilts for Kids Volunteers

Our happy group of talented quilters have made some amazing quilts. We've just begun our chapter and we have already produced many wonderful quilts.

We have a lofty goal for our first year to make 365 quilts but we're already seeing some great results. If we continue to get the word out, we just might beat that goal! Thank you volunteers.

Completed Quilts

Completed Quilts

First Sew Day

The Milwaukee chapter of Quilts for Kids held its first meeting today. We met at Bigsby's in Elm Grove thanks to Rosemary, the shop owner who generously allowed us to use her back room.

There were many wonderful ladies who came to check out the group and sew. We had some donated fabrics to work with and some of the ladies cut kits to make them available to anyone interested in making a quilt.

Many of the ladies started sewing using their own creativity, quilt patterns and even their own quilting fabrics. Others grabbed a kit and enjoyed getting starting on sewing right away. We do have both patterns and fabrics available as well as the kits.

Everyone is welcome at all skill levels. We hope you will join us!

Completed Quilts

Donated Quilts