All members are encouraged to complete a quilt to be donated to a local organization. This is one way we can turn our talents toward helping those in need and giving back to our community. A few of our most generous members complete one or two every month!
Making these quilts provides a great way to try a new technique or use up scraps while helping someone in need. The Guild can provide batting and distributes the finished quilts.
Again, for 2026, there will be a special incentive for the top three members who donate the most quilts. Please attach a piece of paper with your name on it to the quilt so you can drop it off when the table is not manned.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. – Aesop
Quilt Sizes
- Receiving Blankets: 35″ x 35″ to 42″x42″ (square or rectangular)
- Lap Quilts: 45″x60″ (approximately)
- Adult Quilts: anything larger than lap size
- Quilted Hugs: 68″ x 32.5″ or larger (see quilted hugs section)
Quilt Labels
A Quilter’s Etc. label should be attached to each quilt. It is greatly appreciated if you can get a label from the Comfort Quilt chair and apply it before turning it in. The Quilters Etc. label should be the only label on the quilt.
Label Instructions
- Get labels from Comfort Quilt chair
- Fold in half wrong sides together
- Sew into the binding seam
- Turn quilt in at the next guild meeting
Quilted Hugs Information
Quilted Hugs are like a shawl that helps keep you warm. It is especially nice for seniors living in nursing homes (where the temperature may be lower than comfortable).
- Pattern: Joyful and Merry Quilted Hug Pattern Request
- Cost: your email address
- Note: This form does not work for all email addresses. If the page gives an error, try sending an email to
info@joyfulandmerryquilting.com.
- Size Chart: Quilted Hug Project Size Charts by Barbara Hanuscin
Recipients
Recipients vary based on organization needs. Recent ones include (alphabetical order, incomplete list):
- Bridge House Emergency Shelter (since 2024)
- A 90-day Emergency Shelter serving homeless families and individuals from the Lompoc and mid-county region. Services include, but are not limited to, overnight shelter, case management, laundry facilities, hot meals, substance use treatment, and mental health services.
- CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocates (since 2023)
- Looking for a variety of sizes.
- Assures a safe, permanent, nurturing home for all abused and/or neglected children by providing a highly trained volunteer to advocate for them in the court system.
- Child Welfare Services (since 2023)
- Assesses and investigates allegations of child abuse or neglect, offers voluntary or court-ordered services to families to ensure child safety in the home, arranges placements and services for children for whom a safe return home is not possible.
- Fillmore Elementary School (since 2023)
- Fillmore is one of our local schools with many needy children. With the help of the Home/School/Community Liaison, quilts are provided to children in need of warmth and comfort that cuddling up in a quilt can provide.
- Lompoc Artificial Kidney/Dialysis Center (since 2023)
- Specializes in Nephrology and Nursing. Nephrology concerns the diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases, including electrolyte disturbances and hypertension, and the care of those requiring renal replacement therapy, including dialysis and renal transplant patients.
- Lompoc Comprehensive Care Center (since 2023)
- Offers personalized care plans for long-term care, skilled nursing, and rehabilitative residents.
- Lompoc Health Hematology/Oncology Center (since 2023)
- Oncologists provide the latest tests, medical oncology therapies, and radiation oncology therapies to provide quality individualized care for patients with a wide range of cancers.
- Mark’s House Familty Transitional Shelter (since 2023)
- Mark’s House is a 5-family Community Living House for families transitioning out of homelessness. During their stay, families will receive case management support with the goal of finding housing, as well as connection to all services needed to succeed in their new housing.
- North County Rape Crisis and Child Protection Center (since 2024)
- Primary crisis support agency for victims of sexual violence, victims of domestic and child abuse, and human trafficking.
- Pregnancy and Parenting Support Center (since 2023)
- Provides pregnancy services such as pregnancy test and accurate information; baby/parent items such as baby and maternity clothes and baby necessities, and referrals to professional help; educational services such as building healthy relationships, abstinence training and support.
- Recovery Way Home (since 2023)
- Formerly Good Samaritan Recovery Center
- A 16-bed facility that provides residential treatment services. Women receive support from staff and peers, including perinatal and non-perinatal care with on-site childcare and case management services.
- Superior Home Health and Hospice (since 2023)
- Provides skilled hospice services for home care for those who wish to remain at home while recovering from surgery, managing a chronic health condition, or journeying through end-of-life transitions, including physical care, personal care, spiritual and emotional support.
- Veterans Service Center (since 2023)
- Asking for normal quilts; these are not Quilts of Valor.
- Provides Veterans and their families with services regarding PTSD, hospitalization, outpatient medical and dental treatment, alcohol and drug dependency treatment, as well as financial education.