What Goes in a Quilt?

A lot of time, love, attention to detail... and money.

Fabric and Supplies

Freedom Quilts makes large, bed-sized quilts for families. Each quilt requires about 14 yards of top fabric and the backing requires about 9 to 10 additional yards. That already brings our total cost up to approximately $260 for fabric alone. Then, there's batting, thread, needles, rotary blades, and Band-Aids.
The total cost for one quilt can easily reach $300 - $350.

A Whole Lotta Time

Even one quilt requires hours and hours of planning, shopping for the right fabric combinations, designing individual blocks, organizing, cutting fabric swatches, sewing, quilting or tying, and binding.
Our volunteers dedicate about 80 - 100 hours of work per quilt.

In addition to raw materials costs, Freedom Quilts also incurs repairs and maintenance costs for sewing machines that are often pushed to their limit. Currently, of FQ's 10 sewing machines, 1 is in need of immediate repair and 2 are ready to be tossed (after many repairs and re-repairs).

Last year, Freedom Quilts gave 279 quilts to family members.

Freedom Quilts is able to continue comforting families because of
the loving support of people who donate their

Time
our dedicated volunteers

and

Money
our family of supporters

Thank You!