Community quilt

Community quilting! I have just learned to quilt in February at the first commmunity quilt event I hosted. You do not need much credibility to host a sewing event, just patience. The first event had 2 guests, including my mom. Hoping to pick up traction over time. Either way it’s a great event and gives an opportunity to connect with your community and give back in multiple ways.

Here’s the structure

Every month there is a 4 hour community quilt session that has a $5 minimum donation (no one would be turned away though). The $5 donation is given directly to the organization of the month (rotates monthly).

The quilts will be showed in a gallery for a quilt show in November. I am organizing getting donated quilts that will be auctioned off for monetary donations to our local housing organization (HRDC). All community quilts will be donated to HRDC as well and will be distributed to those who would benefit best from a warm blanket!

here are the organizations planned out.

February- Bozeman Fashion Week: a local organization putting together fashion shows that are focused on innovation and inclusivity.

March- Montana for Palestine (MT4P): a local organization providing educational resources, organizing protests, and speaking out against the genocide taking place.

April- Stafford animal shelter: local animal shelter that provides support to animal shelters across the state.

May-

June- Montana Trans Closet- a group focused on providing access to free gender affirming and expressive clothing.

July-

August-

September-

October-

November- Livingston food resource center, food resource cebter providing food in rural Montana with summer programs and a permanent grocery.

Others are being coordinated but there are some ideas in case you need a place to start when reaching out to people in your community!

As for the quilting itself, it can be scrappy or not! Ours will be filled with scraps for backing and is not perfect at all!

Have fun with your friends and community:)