Capital City Quilters
Capital City Quilters
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The Capital City Quilters (CCQ) Guild participates in a number of community service projects throughout the year as well as providing a biennial Capital City Quilt Show free for the community.
Comfort Quilts
CCQ has been making and donating comfort quilts throughout the community for years. Approximately 100 quilts are donated each year. The Guild budgets for batting each year and the quilt tops are made by guild members, quilted by guild members, and then have the binding sewn on by members.
Some of the organizations that have received these quilts include: Red Cross of SE, Cancer Connection, Haven House, Juneau Police Department, Victims of natural disasters, Juneau Housing First, Infusion Center-Bartlett Hospital, Family Promise, Shrine of St. Therese, and many fundraisers in the community.​ The Guild also donated 9 quilts to Maui, Hawaii following their devastating fire.
(Note: Please try to make comfort quilts no wider than 44-48" wide by 60" long. Larger quilts may be donated to be used by Cancer Connection.)
For more information contact Judith Morley.
Pillowcases
Capital City Quilters Guild members make pillowcases to donate to various organizations throughout the Juneau Borough and the state.The Guild has donated pillowcases to Aware, Office of Children Services, Juneau Housing First, Nome Children's Home, Juneau Youth Services, and the Juneau Pioneer Home.
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Members can pick up free kits at meetings, or can use their own fabrics, to sew pillowcases.
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Pillowcases should have all seams "enclosed" or finished. There are two popular methods: one that is called the "burrito" method, and the other one (which is very quick) using a serger.
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Contact Shannon Dilley for more information.
Video tutorial for pillowcases
(this is just one of many tutorials on making pillowcases with the "burrito method")
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Unfinished Objects
The Let’s Get Quilting UFO Project is sponsored by the Capital City Quilters Guild. Basically, it’s a contract to help you commit to finishing some of those UnFinished Objects that you may have tucked away in a closet, drawer or from your long lost Aunt Nellie who is long since gone and has left in your devoted care. The only one you’re competing against is yourself so you determine the amount you are willing to pay to complete this project. Remember though, if you don’t complete it by September, then you owe the Guild the amount that you promised to pay. If you do complete it, with a batting, binding and label then you’re a WINNER! Congratulations! Not only did you complete your project, then you also are awarded an amazing prize by the following September Meeting. (The UFO program starts in January and forms can be found in the Members Only Section).
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Contact Sandra Bleicher for more information.
Past Projects
Protective Mask Covers
During the late winter and early spring of 2020, the CCQ provided cloth covers to go over N-95 masks to extend their use. Over 1,200 mask covers were made and distributed to Bartlett Regional Hospital, Valley Medical, Family Practice, Jami and Glacier Pediatrics.
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Receiving Blankets
CCQ members made receiving blankets to donate to AWARE and various organizations throughout the Juneau Borough. Tutorial for receiving blankets
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Felted Wool Mittens
CCQ members made 25 pair of felted wool mittens for Juneau’s homeless in 2023; they were well received by St. Vincent’s. The guild reused wool sweaters to felt them and cut them out. If you want to purchase your own pattern it is called Matawaska Mittens.
Education
At the direction of the Board, the Education Committee brings to Juneau quilt instructors from out of town. These are generally people who have become well-known for their quilt work and/or techniques and ideas. The Guild also utilizes local talent to share skills and techniques. Guild members have first preference in taking these classes and workshops; non-members may sign-up as space is available.
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The Guild maintains the Judy Hopkins Education Fund (JHEF). The late Judy Hopkins lived in Juneau/Douglas and was an active member of the CCQ Guild. She was also an internationally known quilt designer and instructor. Her family generously donated Judy’s quilting materials to the Guild, resulting in a garage sale that started the JHEF. The Guild set aside funds from the garage sale, and continues to add to the JHEF with various fund raising projects to subsidize activities that provide opportunities for quilters to learn and enhance quilting skills.
Contact Sandra Bleicher for more information.
One who sleeps under a quilt is comforted by love.