Giving Quilts

FAQ Quilt Drop Off Donation Sites Collaborations

If you have any questions, please contact Giving Quilts Chair, Linda Teri. (Log in before clicking the link to view Linda's profile.)

January 2026

January, 2026 is off and running.

Members of the Giving Quilt committee have already stepped up and offered to remain as drop off sites for donated quilts. The links to their names are below. Be sure to contact them to determine how best to connect.

Wide back fabric is now available for quilt backs. Contact Linda Teri for more information. (Login required to access profile.)

Last, but certainly not least, although we have not had an in-person meeting yet, two new quilts were contributed by SMQG Board members.

Marion Lisko pieced, quilted and finished this lovely top.

Bridget Slocum completed this top with fabrics donated by the daughter of SMQG member, Ruth Archer.

December 2025

Ninety quilts were donated to area charity sites this year: YWCA Pathways for Women, Elizabeth Gregory Home, Kenmore Senior Women's Housing, REACH, Vine Maple Community Services, Scarlet Road, Hearthstone Nursing Home, and WestSide Baby. THANK YOU ALL!! WHAT AN AMAZINGLY GENEROUS GROUP YOU ARE!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Giving Quilts Drop Off

Drop Off Sites

Please contact these individuals if you are unable to attend an in-person meeting and have a quilt you wish to donate. Remember we will take all patterns, all sizes (but we especially love those improv)! Thank you to these individuals who offered to accept Giving Quilts! (Log in before clicking a link to access the member's profile.)

Ann Daniels – downtown Seattle (Denny Triangle)
Laura Hubele – downtown Seattle (PPM)
Ann Marchand – Ballard
Karen McCutchen – Kitsap
Bridget Slocum – Shoreline
Katrina Hendrix – Normandy Park
Melissa Glenn - Renton

Please contact these people directly, via text is probably best as unfamiliar phone calls are often ignored. If there is not a drop off site near you, please consider volunteering to be a site.

Fabric label

We now have a beautiful new label to attach to the back of our Giving Quilts. They are 100% organic cotton sateen. If you wish to obtain one for a finished quilt, please contact Giving Quilts chair Linda Teri.

Giving Quilts FAQ

Answers to Your Questions:

A randomn assortment of questions and answers. If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact the Giving Quilts chair Linda Teri (link above).

1. What size do the new donation sites want? Once again, each of these sites would prefer receiving quilts that are approximately twin size. After searching the web (thank you July GQ Sew-in-ers) twin mattresses are typically 56" x 80", so adding 4" to each side for long arm quilting, the top should be no smaller than 64" x 88"). However, each site also welcomes quilts of any size. In addition to residents placing the quilts on their beds, they can use them as wall decorations or for comfort as they sit in chairs in their room or in the common areas. Most residents will be allowed to take the quilts with them as they leave the facility and hopefully, begin their new life of stability and safety.

2. Other helpful measurements:dimensions: From RK app, for enough backing fabric for the above quilt, if you are using 42" fabric, you will need 5.5 yards. If you are using wide back (108" fabric), you will need 2 yards. For 2.5" double binding, cut on the straight of grain, you will need 3/4 yard, 8 strips.

2. Where can I drop off my finished quilt? At the top of this website is a listing of folks who have volunteered to be donation sites. You are also always welcomed to bring your quilt to the meeting or contact the Giving Quilts chair Linda Teri (link above) directly.

3. Do you have batting and/or backing fabric available? YES! See the photo below. Contact the Giving Quilts chair Linda Teri (link above) to arrange receiving what you need.

Donation Sites

Kenmore Senior Women’s Shelter

Join us in supporting elder women at the Kenmore Women’s Shelter
because getting older shouldn’t mean a life on the streets.

KSWS is A specialized shelter program serving retirement-age (or close to retirement age) women who are seeking shared housing solutions – e.g. renting rooms together in affordable/low income apartments or houses. The target population is senior women who are community-minded, socially-stable, and retirement-age (or close to retirement) with very low fixed income. Target shelter census is 30 women. This Center opened in January 2025. Quilts of all sizes are appreciated; twin size quilts preferred.

YWCA Pathways for Women

Eliminating racism, empowering women

This emergency women's shelter has provided safe housing and resources for single women and mothers with children experiencing homelessness in Snohomish County for more than two decades. YWCA Pathways for Women is a 45-day emergency shelter for single adult women and mothers with children. We strive to give all clients the opportunity to find decent, affordable, and safe housing for themselves and their children. Clients have their own room and meet regularly with an advocate to develop and execute a Housing Stability Action Plan. Quilts of all sizes are appreciated; twin size quilts preferred.

WestSide Baby

WestSide Baby envisions a day when each child is equipped with the basic items they need to grow healthy, happy, and resilient members of our community.

WestSide Baby requests the following:

Crib size quilts (30" x 40") preferred but any size welcomed.
No religious motifs (they do not know what family will be receiving them).
Make sure they are sturdy enough to handle industrial washer and dryers.
If you want to put words on your quilt think about encouragement (love, share, beautiful, etc ).