Mudsock Charity Guidelines
Current Charities:
Community Hospital North and affiliated hospitals
Other board-approved organizations if quilt donations are greater than Community’s needs at the holiday distribution
Quilts for Kids
Tummy Time
Heart pillows for IU Health
North Hospital and
Community
Pillowcases for Damar
Quilts of Valor
Scarves for Magdalene
Quilts of Valor
See the QOV website for specific requirements for everything https://www.qovf.org/basic-requirements/
QOV leaders will receive quilts at guild meetings.
Guidelines for All Charity Donations
See the calendar on the website for shopping dates and times at Community Health Pavilion Noblesville, 9669 E.
146th Street Suite 150, Noblesville, IN 46060. All fabrics and batting obtained from the storeroom must be used for
Mudsock approved charities. Please limit charity quilt shopping to maximum supplies for 3 quilts. Please return
quilts before attaining more fabric or batting.
Fabric- cotton quilting fabric for top, backing and binding. We have an abundance of fabric. Please shop for fabric
in our charity shopping store room vs. purchasing on your own for reimbursement, if possible. Children’s quilts should not include any religious, holiday, or political messages.
Thread- Cotton thread is preferred; do not use monofilament threads, as they can melt.
Batting- all cotton or 80/20 cotton/ poly. Please attain batting, when possible, from the charity shopping
store room. Bring your top to the store room so that the appropriate size can be cut. Return all batting scraps to the store with your quilt, so they can be used for smaller quilts and pieced together. Community Hospital North Auxiliary provides some
batting and can be used only for Community charity quilts. The storeroom volunteers will determine which batting
is available for your use.
Backing- cotton only, no fleece, polyester (this includes Minky)
Quilt Construction
Quilt Top- secure seams without stitching gaps, snip all dangling, long, loose threads on front and back.
Quilting- Domestic machine or long-arm quilting is accepted. Please quilt a maximum of 5” apart to provide a nice product after washing for adult quilts, and children’s quilts a maximum of 2” apart. Stitching must be secure. Hand quilting, tied, or fleece quilts are not accepted.
Binding- must be machine binding.
Adult Charity Quilts- Community North (excluding Quilts of Valor)
Size- approximately 50” wide by 60” long (lap size), no queen or king size, please
Quilt must be labelled prior to donation with:
Best Wishes from Mudsock Quilt Guild
Fishers, IN
Your name is optional.
Reimbursement for Community North Charity Quilt- If you are unable to obtain charity fabric for backing and batting, submit receipts with items circled with the Mudsock reimbursement form (available on the website) to the Community Accounting Manager. Quilt top fabric is not reimbursable. Maximum reimbursement is $50.
Community North Submission
Please bring all the quilts to the storeroom unless otherwise announced on shopping days or Charity Sew
Days. See the calendar for dates and times. Return all scrap batting and reasonably sized fabric scraps at
quilt submission. If you cannot come to the storeroom, give your quilt to another member to submit on your
behalf. Please pin the following information to your quilt: Name of Quilter, who quilted it, and if storeroom
batting was used.
All quilts must be clean, free of pet hair, dirt, and dust. Check the quilt for loose threads and remove them.
Children’s Quilts
Size- Quilts for Kids approximately 38” x 44”
Suggested patterns may be found at https://www.quiltsforkids.org/patterns
Tummy Time- approximately 30” x 36”. They also accept knitted blankets, bibs, and burp cloths.
Bib pattern- https://jroxdesigns.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/reversible-baby-bib-tutorial-and-pattern/
Burp Cloths- https://treasurie.com/collections/baby-sewing-patterns
Children’s Submissions
May be submitted at a guild meeting if a committee member is present. May bring to the storeroom on shopping or Charity Sew Days.
Heart Pillows
for IU Health North and Community breast cancer patients- Submit at guild meeting.
https://seekatesew.com/sew4good-heart-pillows-for-breast-cancer/
Pillowcases for Damar
Damar oƯers a full range of services for children, adolescents, and adults with developmental, behavioral, and
intellectual disabilities. Burrito Pillowcases are fun and easy to make. Drop off at guild meeting or storeroom.
https://www.seasonedhomemaker.com/pillowcase-tutorial-burrito-style/
Scarves for Magdalen
Neck scarves for comfort dogs at Cornerstone Lutheran Church. Drop off at the guild meeting.
https://mudsockquiltersguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Magdalene-Scarf_Large.pdf