Gallery
Bonnie (L) and Nancy (R) at Cupertino, CA Fall Festival. Our first workshop was 2 days later. September 2011
All smiles at our very first workshop, The Granary, Sunnyvale, CA, Left to right -- Ann, Bonnie, Hung, Suzi and Gail September 2011
Suzi Claus prepares our first donation to Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence, San Jose CA. Dec 2011
Our first donation is ready to go to kids at Next Door's shelter in San Jose, CA December 2011
Joan (L) and Bonnie (R) at Next Door. Look for fingers and toes! December 2011
Next Door kids love their quilts!
December 2011
Early days at The Granary in Sunnyvale, CA: Back left to right -- Paula, Louise, Ann, Gail, Cynthia, Bonnie.
Front -- Karen, Suzi, Nancy April 2012
Joan makes front-page news in seven San Francisco Bay Area papers! July 2012
Our 1st anniversary! Blue Hawaii Challenge winner, Gail, receiving her QFK tote bag from Eddie Leone, owner of Eddie's Quilting Bee, Sunnyvale, CA. September 2012
2nd place challenge winner, Suzi
September 2012
3rd place challenge winner, Karen
September 2012
Elsa (L) delivers 70 quilts to Beth Williams, Individual Gifts Officer, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA. They're for kids in the NICU, PICU, and Burn Unit. February 2013
First donation to LACY (Legal Advocates for Children and Youth) San Jose, CA April 2013
Sian shows how it's done. May 2013
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles invited us to a sew-in! We were surrounded by an exhibit of fabulous Chinese baby carriers. Left to right: Sharon, Joyce, Trudy, Judy, Susan May 2013
Susan at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles May 2013
Vanessa (R) receives a quilt made by the Redwood City, CA Girls Scouts. The kids at Next Door's shelter will give it plenty of use. June 2013
We hope these 28 quilts delivered to LACY (Legal Advocates for Children and Youth) will brighten the day for foster kids and homeless youth. July 2013
Michelle Ball (L), Child Life Specialist at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, receives wheelchair bags and 50 quilts from Priscilla (C) and Karen (R).
Palo Alto, CA August 2013
Our second annual challenge quilt contest was held on our 2nd anniversary in September 2013. Participants used identical jungle print fabric to do their best work. Happy made this "stack 'n whack" quilt and won 1st place.
Gayle used piecing, applique and great quilting to take 2nd place. September 2013
Jan T appliqued this giant giraffe to join the other giraffes in the animal print and won 3rd place. Although several tigers are shown, no giraffes were harmed in the construction of this quilt. September 2013
Ann (L) and Suzi (R) used the challenge quilts to tell the Quilts for Kids' story at Cupertino (CA) Rotary's Avenues of Service Project Fair. October 2013
Kids chose their favorite quilt at Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence. San Jose, CA
December 2013
Ron Ellis, Chairman of the Community Service Committee of Rotary Club of Cupertino, learned firsthand how we use their donation.
L to R : Bonnie, Rita Duarte, Senior Social Worker with Legal Advocates for Children and Youth and Ron. San Jose, CA Feb 2014
Delighting in local quilter Suzanne's donation -- 180# of wonderful fabric.
L to R: Nancy, Elsa, Debbie, Laurel, Robin, Hilda, Margo, Carmen, Karen explore the bounty. This is our workshop at The Granary in Sunnyvale, CA. March 2014
Hilda, Ricka, Annie and Laurel deliver 40 quilts to George Mark Children's House, San Leandro, CA. May 2014
Nick Bogdanovich, Rotary Club of Cupertino, CA visited Legal Advocates for Children and Youth with Judy and Ann. Rita Duarte, Sr. Social Worker, told us touching stories of how the kids choose and love their quilts.
San Jose, CA July, 2014
This crayon print was the challenge fabric for our 2014 Anniversary
45 members made quilts using the crayon challenge fabric, arrayed for viewing.
September, 2014
Due to privacy concerns, we rarely get a photo of the kids who receive our quilts. The mother of these girls wanted to show how happy her daughters were after receiving theirs. They lost their home in a wildfire that raged in Northern California while their firefighter dad fought the flames in another area. October 2015
Volunteers pause during a workshop for a 'family photo'. January 2016
Robbie delivers to Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. April 2016.
Marissa Nelson donated 22 bolts of batik fabric... enough to fill the trunk. Imagine the color they will add to our quilts. March 2017
This young man needed shades to appreciate the bright colors in his quilt. September 2017
This newborn is resting beneath a "preemie pad" -- we make these for the sickest and tiniest babies in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in and around San Jose, CA. September 2018
We celebrated our 5,000th quilt donation with a quilt cake. July 2019
"Distribution Event" for families displaced by fires in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California. Our friends in the Pajaro Valley Quilt Assn. organized the event. October 2020
Through most of 2020 and 2021, we've been together each 2nd and 4th Monday via Zoom. These sessions typically attract 25-30 volunteers. We're still sewing and have added six new volunteers since COVID-19 began!