Cuddle Quilts

You can help the Lincoln Quilters Guild Cuddle Quilt Project by making quilts at home or joining us on the first Friday of the month at the Guild's Resource Room, College View 7th Day Adventist Church, 49th & Prescott. Made in several sizes, Cuddle Quilts are distributed to hospitals and social service agencies throughout Lincoln.

Crib Quilts-approximately 42" x 56".
These child-sized quilts are made with batting using traditional quilting methods. Think in terms of bright, child-like designs!

Preemie Quilts- 24" to 30" square.
These quilts are made with flannel on one side, low loft batting. Bind or envelope turn. Light quilting.

Crib Liners- 18" x 24"
Both sides are made of flannel, no batting. Envelope turn, light quilting.

Angel Quilts- approximately 12" x 12".
These quilts are made for babies born at rest. Two layers of flannel or soft fabric are used. No batting needed.

Bed-Sized Quilts- can be any size. These quilts are donated to places like Habitat for Humanity, Cedars or Friendship Home.

Questions?
Contact LQG Cuddle Quilt Chairs
Anita Ahrens 402-580-6086 or
Vicky Skuodas 402-826-5008.

Kate Laucomer has provided these great Cuddle Quilt patterns!
Juvenile Jinx
Juvenile Jinx Twin
Trader Blanket One
Trader Blanket Two
Strippy Cuddle Quilt
Double 4 Patch
Double 4 Patch Twin

Pillowcase Project

The Pillowcase Project which began in September 2009 is one of the Community Outreach programs sponsored by the Lincoln Quilters Guild.
Finished pillowcases are gifted through numerous agencies in the Lincoln area.
They are constructed from cotton fabric (the same type of fabric used for most quilts). Cotton flannel is also acceptable. Pillowcases are made for all ages, young children, teens, and adult men and women.
They can be brought to any Quilt Guild meeting or dropped off at the Bernina Sewing Studio,1501 Pine Lake Road, Suite 12 in Lincoln.

Questions?
Contact Anita Dover, Chairman 488-5008.

Instructions for constructing the pillowcases can be found here.

Discover Nebraska

Discover Nebraska began as a project of the Nebraska State Quilt Guild. The Lincoln Quilters Guild adapted the program and has been doing presentations since the fall of 2000.

Discover Nebraska is a Quilting/Social Studies unit geared to 4th graders studying Nebraska history. Our objective is to enrich the curriculum by providing an interesting and educational way to teach Nebraska history and the history of quilt making. To accomplish this, we use our Discover Nebraska quilt (made by our committee), a Nebraska map, visuals and quilts. Guild members have donated over 20 quilts for this purpose. Our quilts range from an 1887 crazy quilt to a painted quilt that tells the story from the book "Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt." Our donated quilts have been documented by a group of ladies who work in quilt preservation and documentation. Two hours is spent in each school beginning with a central presentation for all 4th grade classrooms. The students then go to the classroom, where they color quilt blocks and assemble their paper quilt. All classes reassemble to show off their quilt, we review the materials presented, show our current quilting projects and answer student’s questions.

To learn more, visit the Discover Nebraska website at discovernebraska.org.