“There is, indeed, a transforming moment when a Quilt passes from our hands into another’s, and they embrace it.”
Kirk Betts, Former Chairman of the LWR Board of Directors, upon distributing LWR Quilts in Niger
When you make and send a Quilt, you are not only comforting someone you have never met, but providing an object that is useful in ways you probably never imagined. In addition to being a cozy, clean new bed cover, it can be:
a baby carrier, tied around a mother’s back;
a market display, spread on the ground and piled with vegetables;
a sack for transporting those goods to market;
a sunshade;
a shawl; and most importantly
a constant reminder that someone, far away, cares a lot.
LWR Mission Quilts Are Easy to Make
Please read the General Assembly Instructions before purchasing materials. Keep in mind that the ultimate purpose of a Quilt is to provide warmth, and choose your fabrics and filler accordingly. Even in warm climates, the temperatures can drop dramatically at night. Look through some creative filler ideas to see inexpensive options for warm filler materials.
Place a piece of fabric measuring 64” X 84” right side down on the table, followed by a filler measuring 60” X 80”, and then another piece of fabric, also measuring 60” X 80”, right side up on top of the filler.
Tie the layers together using crochet or similar cord, or machine-quilt them together.
Bring the edges of the 64” X 84” piece over the top, pin and machine-stitch the edge, using a zigzag stitch if possible.
LWR Quilts should measure approximately 60” X 80”. Full-size Quilts best serve adult recipients and children as they grow older. Please donate only full-size Quilts.
Tips
Quilt tops and bottoms can be made from whole pieces of fabric or any type of patchwork pattern of smaller squares. Twelve 21-inch squares or 48 eleven-inch squares sewn together using a half-inch seam allowance make a 60” X 80” top.
Recommended fabrics for LWR Quilts include cotton, cotton blends, twill, corduroy, polyester knits, fleece and donated upholstery and drapery samples (no fiberglass). Please ensure that there are no stains or holes before using in a Quilt.
Use crochet or similar cord for tying. It is easier to thread and pull through than yarn and is more durable. Ties should be no more than 8 to 10 inches apart.
Make a fundraiser part of your Quilt project and donate the funds needed by LWR to ship your Quilts overseas! Just $2.25 per Quilt covers shipping costs. Please make this donation to the Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund.
Another Way to Help
Want to send a Quilt but don’t think you can make one? Then please give to the Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund, which pays for the shipping of donated Quilts and Kits. Shipping costs us about $2.25 per Quilt. Give $500 to sponsor a brick in the Good Samaritan Quilt Plaza at our Baltimore headquarters and help send 220 Quilts overseas!
Want to send a Quilt but don’t think you can make one? Then please give to the 
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