The San Diego Modern Quilt Guild is proud to support local organizations that are making a difference in people’s lives with the donation of quilts to comfort and cheer. Each trimester, our charity committee runs a drive to make and collect quilts for a selected organization. We offer varying opportunities for members to become involved with our outreach efforts.
Click on any of the images below for specific information about these charities and what size quilts we provide.
In addition to the trimester charity efforts, the guild has ongoing charity projects for the following entities. Click on the images below for additional information.
How to Help?
- Make a block: The charity coordinator puts together packets for the group charity quilts. Get one at a meeting or contact the charity coordinator. Many group projects lend themselves to using your stash as well. See the Group Trimester Charity Project page for the this trimester’s details.
- Quilting: There are several charity quilt tops that are in need of quilting. These are great for practicing your free motion skills or straight line quilting. Batting and backing materials are available.
- Binding: contact the charity coordinator if you’d like to bind a quilt. Binding materials are available.
- Make a whole quilt: Use your stash and get creative! Quilts of all sizes are welcome. See the list of charities we support above.
The guild keeps a small stash of batting and backing fabrics. If you’re ever in need of something to finish up a charity quilt, please send an email to sdmqgcharity@gmail.com to let Kristyn know with at least a week lead time before a meeting to have the material gathered and cut.
Finished quilt prep: All of our quilts are labeled and washed before they are donated.
- SDMQG label – you can attach that before donation or one will be sewn on if it doesn’t have one. If you are in need of a label, please contact the charity coordinator.
- Washing – If you wash your quilt before turning it in for donation, do so with unscented detergent and fabric softener (if you use that). If you don’t wash it before donating, the Charity Coordinator will do so.
- Also on the subject of labeling – please make sure to have your name in some way (painters tape, paper pinned to quilt, labeled on a bag with the quilt inside, etc) on quilts you are donating. This will ensure that your donation is recorded for both donation tracking purposes as well as for the prizes that are given at the end of the year for those that participate in the guild’s charity efforts.
The current group charity project can be found HERE.
Guild Donations by Year
| Year | Ronald McDonald House | Just In Time | Moores Cancer Center | Meals on Wheels Potholders | Meals on Wheels Placemats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 38 | 23 | – | – | – |
| 2021 | 33 | 22 | – | – | – |
| 2022 | 93 | 15 | 27 | – | – |
| 2023 | 61 | 14 | 15 | – | – |
| 2024 | 65 | 17 | 30 | 66 | 77 |
| 2025 | 89 | 2025 quilts will be delivered in January 2026 | 33 | 75 | 212 |
Note: Prior to 2022, Quilts were Donated to the Riverside Medical Center. Nine quilts were donated in 2020 and ten quilts were donated in 2021. Moores Cancer Center replaced this charity focus in 2022. Meals on Wheels donations began in 2024. Quilts donated to Gently Hugged are not tracked by the SDMQG Charity Coordinator as those donations are given directly to Shelly Hoffman.