Preemie hats and quilts

We make small quilts and preemie hats for several hospitals to use in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit.

Preemie Quilts

• Quilts should measure between 12" x 12" and can be as large as 24" x 24".
• Quilts do not have to be square.
• Cotton batting and fabric are required.
• They can be machine or hand quilted.
• They can be bound in the customary way or make the sandwich like a pillow (fabric right sides together with batting on top of one piece of fabric; stitch around quilt leaving opening large enough to turn right side out; slipstitch opening closed and then machine or hand quilt).
• Quilts are taken up at every meeting.
• Labels will be attached by the committee.

Preemie Hats

Supplies: Sport Weight or Baby Yarn & size 5 or 8 needles

1. With thicker yarn, use size 8 needles and cast on 30 stitches.
2. Knit 1, Purl 1 for 1 inch (rib stitch)
3. Work stockinette stitch for 2 more inches (Knit 1 row, Purl 1 row)
4. Start decrease:
   1st row: knit 4, knit 2 tog, knit 4, etc.
   2nd row: purl
   3rd row: knit 3, knit 2 tog, knit 3 etc.
   4th row: purl
   5th row: knit 2, knit 2 tog, knit 2, etc.
   6th row: purl
   7th row: knit 2 tog all way across
   8th row: purl
5. Cut yarn long enough to pull up top and sew up seam.
   Put thread in large-eyed needle.
   Run thread across front of cap and run needle through stitches and pull off of needle.
   Pull up thread and sew sides together.
   Hide thread up the seam on the wrong side.

Options: With smaller yarn, use size 5 needles and cast on 42 stitches. For larger size hat, cast on 70 stitches using size 5 needles.

School Service Project

This is one of our big service projects. We make a child's resting quilt for the underprivileged kindergarten students at Shwab Elementary School on Dickerson Pike. We need at least 60 quilts each year.

• The size is approximately 44" by 54". The quilts can be made from a printed panel, pieced, appliqued, or a combination (religious themes are not permitted by the school).
• Medium or dark colors are recommended for the back.
• Quilts can be bound in the customary way or finish it in an envelope style.
• Labels to be sewn on the quilt back are available in our Library cabinet.
• Quilts need to be completed by the end of July and turned in at the August Guild meeting so they can be delivered when school starts.

Soldier Blocks

Quilt blocks are made using Civil War Reproduction fabrics and sent to TVQA. The blocks are made into lap quilts and given to families of fallen soldiers. Patterns are available at the monthly meeting.