HOSPICE: UTQG has an ongoing community service project providing quilts for our local hospice centers at the Collierville location and at Baptist Hospital. Making the quilts is a team effort shared by our members.
Community service provides kits from our donated fabric. Members sew quilt tops. Then tops, batting, and backing are assembled and other members quilt them. Then as the process continues, still other members add binding and a label.
The quilts are approximately 40" X 60" but can vary in size.
In the past two years we have provided between 100-150 quilts per year.
Looking for a pattern for a Hospice Quilt? Seven easy patterns that work well with scrappy fabric that are designed to be good Hospice size:
We just wrapped up the Habitat for Humanity Welcome Home Quilts which were presented to the new homebuyers on June 13.
We had a great response and would like to know if anyone would like to do this again for 2027.
Photos from the Habitat for Humanity Homebuyers presentation:
Community Service Committee Update:
New Faces and Fresh Goals
A warm welcome to our new and returning Community Service Committee members! We are thrilled to have Carol B, Emily S, Jolene K, Kay S, Sally N, Sandy L, and Sharon G on the team this year, led by Dawn H (Chair) and Rick H (Co-Chair). Thank you all for your dedication to our guild’s outreach.
Production & Inventory Pipeline
Our hospice quilt production is moving right along thanks to everyone’s continued efforts. Currently, we have approximately 80 kits and assorted color-sorted fabric bundles on hand. Our backing and batting volunteers are working hard behind the scenes to match tops, backing, prep quilt batting, and bring to our meetings for quilting and binding. Additionally, we are looking into ways to produce labels more efficiently. Hospice kit patterns will soon be available on our website (with a few printed copies kept in our cabinet for those who don’t have access to a printer).
Community Impact & Future Projects
Our guild has a rich history of giving, supporting wonderful organizations like Collierville Hospice, Habitat for Humanity, and Youth Villages.
To shape the future of our outreach, we will be drafting a member survey to gather your feedback on our current projects, your ideas for new initiatives, and your interest in attending dedicated community service "Sew Togethers". Keep an eye out for the survey link coming in early fall!
Submitted by Dawn H - Chair
2025- 2026
Community Service June Message:
Hello.
We (Pat D, Sandy L and Kay S) have served as community quilts chairpersons and have been on the committee for many many years. We are so very grateful for all of you who faithfully help with making each and every beautiful quilt we donate. We turned in 4 quilts this month to the hospice center in Collierville.
Your board members gave me many quilts during the board retreat, and they took home kits too. We will be showing them to you soon.
This past year we turned in 60 quilts to the hospice center in Collierville and 6 to Baptist east. But that's not all, 28 wall quilts were donated to the Habitat for Humanity “Welcome Home” community service project led by Kathy C, 18 bed size quilts to the children's home in Fayette County. AND we sold a quilt and some fabric to be used to purchase batting for $494.00.
We, as a committee, thank each and every one of you for all you do for our community. Your generosity is beyond compare. Respectfully, Pat D