Save the Date for Our Fall Sew Together! Mark your calendars!
The Community Service Committee is hosting a Sew Together workshop on Saturday, October 3, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Come out for a full day of sewing, socializing, and giving back to our community.
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Fabric and patterns will be provided for you.
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Location & Arrival Details Venue: Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 2404 Kirby Road, Memphis Parking: Please park behind the church and walk up the ramp. Finding the Room: Once inside, turn left and follow the hallway straight to the Commons Room.
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Choose Your Project. Whether you want to bring your sewing machine or travel light, we have a way for you to participate:
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Option 1: Bring your sewing machine. We are currently partnering with Room at the Inn to finalize project details for their ministry.
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Option 2: Leave your machine at home! We will have quilt tops ready to be tied for our hospice project.
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What to Bring. Your sewing machine (if sewing) A sack lunch and Your own beverages for the day
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We can't wait to see you there for a day of fun and fellowship!
Community Service Odds & Ends - August Donations: A huge thank you to everyone who contributed— we successfully donated 6 quilts to hospice in August and currently have a few more on hand ready to go. A Quick Reminder on Labels: Please do not include any personal or business labels on your finished community service quilts. The guild attaches an official guild label to every item before they are donated.
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:
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
We 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:
