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CCQ volunteers make quilts for kids

Coffee Creek Quilters volunteers made 40 quilts this year for donation to Camp Erin Portland. We made it a “challenge” and this year’s rule was to use at least one jelly roll or layer cake of fabric. We gathered on June 7th for a showing of the quilts and the opportunity to vote for our favorites. Ellen Freedman, shown at the far left with her colorful crayon quilt, placed first. Treda McCaw placed second and Marlys Carter received a prize for making the most quilts (6!!).

Camp Erin is a free, weekend-long bereavement camp for youth grieving the death of a significant person in their lives. Children and teens ages 6 to 17 attend an overnight camp experience that combines grief education and emotional support with fun, traditional camp activities. Sponsored by Providence Health Services and led by bereavement professionals and caring volunteers, campers are provided a safe environment to explore their grief, learn essential coping skills, and make friends with peers who are also grieving. Each participant receives a quilt.

Coffee Creek Quilters Fabric Sale: 10/11/25

The Coffee Creek Quilters Fabric Sale will be Saturday, October 11, 2025, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. It will be at St. Francis Church Parish Hall, 8818 SW Miley Rd, Wilsonville (right off I-5 at the Charbonneau exit). We encourage carpooling!

There will be a huge assortment of fabric, patterns, quilt kits, books, tools, and notions — all at bargain prices. Our sale is an excellent opportunity for quilters, or anyone who sews, to pick up some wonderful fabric and sewing supplies at reasonable prices.

Please download our flyer for details.

All proceeds from the sale will go to support the CCQ prison quilting program.

Pillowcases by Coffee Creek Quilters

Pillowcases for the community

If you follow the Coffee Creek Quilters program, you are probably aware that we teach quilting classes at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. Our students make quilts for distribution to foster kids, hospice programs, and others in need of the comfort that quilts provide. Did you know we distribute pillowcases too? Since 2013, we’ve distributed more than 1800 handmade pillowcases to organizations like Embrace Oregon, CASA, and Community Warehouse.

When we say pillowcases, we’re not talking about the plain vanilla pillowcases you can buy at big-box stores. Our pillowcases are made with quilters cotton in a wide variety of colors and designs — along with an added dollop of love and care.

The pillowcases are sewn by both students and volunteers. Students can make pillowcases in class while waiting for their third quilts to come back from the longarm quilters. These projects provide more practice in pattern reading and sewing techniques. Most of our volunteers are skilled quilters and sewists who just love to sew. According to CCQ President Gwen White, “Everyone appreciates the opportunity to spread a little joy.”