Our November Philanthropy Sewing Session was used to make 25 Christmas stockings for the children at the Developmental Center for Exceptional Children.
 

      Members of the guild volunteer to make Philanthropy Quilts for area charities. In 2009, the 65 members of the guild made 122 quilts. Quilts have been given to the Sunshine House, Safe Harbor, the Anderson County Sheriff's Victims' Advocate, Richard Campbell Veterans Home, the Anderson Police Victims' Advocate, and the Developmental Center for Exceptional Children (DCEC.)

The Philanthropy Committee usually meets the third Tuesday of the month at the home of Donna Pike at 9:30 am. They welcome members to come help put kits together or to sew.

You may use your own fabrics and patterns for a charity quilt or you can pick up a Philanthropy Kit at any guild meeting. The following notes provide further help:

• A good size quilt for our purposes is approximately 40" X 60". Linus quilts go to children from infants to 18 years so you can sew it to the child size that matches the fabrics you use.

• Kits contain a Linus label that should be sewn on the backing of any quilt made for a child or teen. Quilts for the Veteran's home do not use these labels.

• Feel free to add fabrics from your stash if you have coordinating fabric that you would prefer to work with. Kits may or may not include fabric for borders and/or backing. Sometimes you may need to donate fabric for this.

• Please return any unused or leftover fabric to the committee so that it might be used in another project. Cut scraps into 3", 4", or 5" squares, then accumulate them until they can be used in a scrappy quilt. Feel free to cut leftover fabric into the largest squares possible and return it in this form to the committee!

• When you have completed the quilt top, contact the committee chair and she will cut batting for the size you need.

The Philanthropy Committee Chairperson is Barbara Scott.