Pine Tree Quilters Guild Charity Quilt Opportunities

Quilters enjoy making quilts for others. This page has information about several worthwhile projects. If you know of other projects taking place in Maine please email the information to PTQG Webmaster.

Home of the Brave Quilt Project

In gratitude for their service and sacrifice, the Maine Chapter of the Home of the Brave Quilt Project is making replicas of quilts that were given to Civil War soldiers by volunteers of the U.S. Sanitary Commission (predecessor of the American Red Cross). The quilts are labeled and presented to the families of fallen soldiers.

This project is part of a national effort coordinated by Don Beld of Los Angeles, CA, and is being done in coordination with the Department of Veteran's Affairs.

Maine Chapters of PTQG are invited to make quilts using the album block pattern. For instructions and more information about this project, please visit the national chapter's website at Home of the Brave.

Volunteers making quilts are expected to donate materials for the blocks. Although Civil War era reproduction fabrics are preferred, they ARE NOT REQUIRED. Fabrics should be 100% cotton and pre-washed. The center of the block is to be made of unbleached muslin and signed with an acid-free Pigma pen with your name, city, and state. The blocks will be set on-point, so please sign on-point.

If your chapter is interested in making a quilt for this cause, please contact Ann McCaslin or Bonnie Dwyer.

ConKerr Cancer

Give a Sick Child a Smile! CoKerr Cancer has donated more than 20,000 pillowcases to sick children across the United States and Canada. Our mission began at the Children's Hospital of Philadelpha and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. We continue to grow thanks to the kindness and dedication of our many volunteers.

Cindy Kerr started making pillowcases for her son Ryan when he was in chemotherapy. It always brought a smile when she pulled out a new one before each treatment! She started making them for other kids. Now they are so popular she can't keep up! Pillowcases made in Maine are distributed locally!

To Make a Pillowcase:

Standard Pillowcase 20" x 31"
Supplies: 3/4 yard fabric for body, 1/3 yard fabric for border

Sewing Instructions:

1. Cut the body of the case 26-1/2" x 40-1/2" and the border 10-1/2" x 40-1/2".
2. Fold the border in half lengthwise with wrong sides together and press.
3. Place the right side of the border on the right side of the body of the case. Stitch together using a 1/2" seam allowance.
4. Place right sides together of the pillowcase.
5. Turn to the right side and press.
NOTE: Please wash pillowcase and place ina quart size ziplock bag for the protection of the oncology children.

***If you are a smoker, please do not wash your pillowcases, volunteers will wash the pillowcases.

For additional information, please contact Connie Maginnis (Mid-Maine Coordinator) at 207-635-2536.
Need more information? Please click on ConKerrCancer.org.

Project Linus

Project Linus has over 400 Chapters with more than 2,000,000 blankets delivered worldwide. Communities are banding together to provide security through blankets to seriously ill or traumatized children. Project Linus is a 100% volunteer non-profit organization. Project Linus accepts all styles of blankets – quilted, tied, knitted, crocheted, fleece, etc. They must be new, handmade and washable. Elaborate or simple, they are all beautiful to a child. All sizes of blankets are accepted. They go to children infants through teens. Local chapters may have size requirements depending on the facilities to which they donate. Contact your local coordinator for more information.

How Can You Help?

Contact your local chapter. The coordinator can tell you how you can help in your area. Make a blanket and donate it to your local chapter. They will take it to a local facility where it will be given to a deserving child, permanently. Get your community involved.