Quilt Dimensions & Criteria
Ideally, tops or finished quilts should be 40-45″ wide by 48-60″ long. This size best fits the children’s beds. If you have quilts or tops of another size that you would like to donate, please contact us at: quiltsbeyondborders@gmail.com
Quilts need to be quilted by machine, with lines of stitching sufficiently close to handle rugged conditions – used by children, and washed under rugged laundry conditions (unfortunately tied quilts won’t hold up to these conditions). Fabric can be cotton or cotton/polyester. Batting can be cotton or polyester. Please bind the quilts entirely by machine, so the binding will hold up longer.
Tops – include a label with: Quilts Beyond Borders, your name, room for the quilters name, and Belongs To (child’s name will go here). The quilter will sew the label on the back of the quilt after quilting. Also, to help us get your top to a needy child most quickly, it will greatly help us if you will include backing (6-8″wider and 6-8″ longer than the quilt top to allow the longarmer to attach the top to her frame) and binding (2 1/2″ wide x 6 width-of-fabric strips is usually enough, unless your top is larger than those we normally accept).
Quilts – machine stitch a label to the back of the quilt (anywhere is fine) with:
Quilts Beyond Borders
Made for You with Love
By (name(s) of the quiltmaker(s))
Belongs To (child’s name will go here)
Any questions contact us at: quiltsbeyondborders@gmail.com
If we have your contact information, we will contact you to confirm receipt of the quilt/top.
Thank you to everybody for your generosity in making these quilts. They are making a difference in these orphans lives.
Carla
February 24, 2011 at 5:54 pm |
I’ve been here a few times and it appears like your articles get more informative each time. Maintain it up I enjoy reading them.
November 10, 2014 at 7:22 am |
I received a kit with 2 1/2″ strips of 3 different types of fabric at the 2013 International Quilt Show. I completed the quilt top, made the binding and purchased the backing and sent it on to a long armer as the directions indicated (I never heard back as to if she received the quilt top). i do not remember the name of the quilt pattern but would like to make additional quilt tops from fabric I have myself to donate. Would you be able to send the name of the pattern and any directions for completing the quilt?
Margaret De Lacy
August 25, 2015 at 11:54 am |
Margaret, I don’t know if you received an answer to your question above, but the best way to contact us if you want us to send you something is to contact us at our email address – quiltsbeyondborders@gmail.com – and give us your email information. We have many quilt patterns for our kit, so I’m not sure if we can find the pattern you need without some more info, but we’ll give it a try if you can provide more info at our email address. Did you take a picture of it?
Regards,
Carla
May 27, 2016 at 9:26 am |
Can the quilts be smaller for the baby boxes for crowdrise? And do we put on a label. Are they sent to you? I already make the bedsize ones for a special camp and don’t want to make more of that size but could whip out smaller ones. Do you require that we use your patterns?
May 31, 2016 at 8:29 pm |
The question above was answered privately via email. In short, we don’t typically require quilts smaller than the dimensions above, as those are suitable for babies through children aging out of the orphanage. However, we occasionally do a special project which requires larger or smaller quilts. Our baby box initiative, which required some smaller quilts, is currently closed for 2016, as we have enough baby quilts, however we expect to do it again in 2017, in which case we’ll let folks know if we need some smaller ones. We don’t require any particular patterns, you can do anything your heart desires! I know the children who receive your quilts will love them!
Regards,
Carla
July 8, 2016 at 4:10 pm |
I have 2 small quilts I would like to donate which will be 37 x 43 when finished. Is this a size you can use? If not, I can donate them to another local charity. Doris Goins
July 13, 2016 at 4:25 pm |
Doris, Hi! This is definitely a size we can use. We’re currently doing a special project with Salaam Cultural Museum for new mothers among the Syrian Refugees who have escaped to Greece, so your timing is wonderful! Thank you so much! Carla