Donations of fabric and supplies can be brought to Wisdom House, the small white building at the rear of the property of St Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church, 8818 SW Miley Road, Wilsonville. Volunteers will be there to accept donations between 10 am and 11:30 am on the dates listed in the right sidebar of this website.
The Coffee Creek Quilters policy for accepting donations of fabric and supplies includes an evaluation of the impact of receiving in-kind contributions, the non-monetary contributions where individuals or businesses donate goods, services, or expertise instead of cash. It is our policy to accept in-kind goods if they can further their mission and goals.
THEREFORE, WE CANNOT ACCEPT:
- Flannel, wool, cotton blends, anything polyester, Minkie, fleece, homespun, denim or corduroy
- Seasonal/holiday fabric or panels
- Pieces smaller than one yard cotton
- Quilt magazines
- Polyester batting or smaller pieces of cotton batting
- Sergers
- Embroidery machines
- Sewing machines that are more than ten years old; are missing power cords, foot controls or sewing feet; or require a “cam” for decorative purposes
- Quilt frames
WE HAPPILY ACCEPT:
- One yard or more 100% cotton quilting fabric. Particularly popular are bright colors, blacks and grays, and batiks
- Backings are always needed
- Cotton batting 45 by 65 or larger
- Packaged precuts – layer cakes, fat quarters, jelly rolls, charm packs
- Notions – quilting rulers, needles, rotary cutter blades, rotary cutters, cutting boards, universal sewing machine needles
- Panels – students like nature scenes, bears, wolves, Indigenous themes
- Thread
- Quilting books for release kits (no more than five years old and no templates)
- Quilt patterns – beginner to confident beginner using squares, rectangles and half square triangles
- Quilt kits – again beginner to confident beginner for release kits
- Sewing machines, newer than ten years old. We only accept Singer, Bernina, Kenmore, Pfaff, Brother, Elna, Viking, Baby Lock, and Janome brands