Outreach
The Orlando Modern Quilt Guild has a strong history in supporting the greater Orlando community through outreach programs.
2026 Featured Program: Winnie Palmer
​The Orlando Modern Quilt Guild is providing quilts to be gifted to long-term patients and those transitioning to hospice care.
2026 Featured Program: House Next Door in DeLand
The Orlando Modern Quilt Guild also is providing quilts to the House Next Door to be used in their counseling or therapy with children and adolescents who are victims of abuse.
Quilt kits containing quilt tops, batting and backing will be available at monthly guild meetings. Binding is optional as several members have volunteered to bind quilted tops. Feel free to pick a kit up and complete it.
Ongoing Community Outreach Projects
We have several projects that carry from year to year - there is no shortage of ways to get involved!
Placemats for Meals on Wheels
OMQG is continuing to make placemats that are donated to Seniors First and distributed to its Meals on Wheels clients on their birthdays.
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Batting rectangles for making placemats are available at meetings for members to take home and make placemats. Members can also bring usable size batting scraps to meetings, and a member will sew them together into placemats size pieces for future pick-up.
Charity Quilt Take-Home Kits
Quilt kits containing quilt tops, batting and backing will be available at monthly guild meetings. Binding is optional as several members have volunteered to bind quilted tops. Feel free to pick a kit up and complete it.
Pillowcases
OMQG is currently accepting pillowcases that will be donated to the Orlando Union Rescue Mission that offers services to help the homeless get back on their feet. Instructions for making “burrito-style pillowcases” and other methods are available online and any sewing method is acceptable.
Taggies
Taggies help the babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Winnie Palmer Hospital bond with their parents by familiarizing them with the parents’ scent. Taggies go home with the babies when they leave the hospital. Kits containing flannel and ribbon, as well as sewing instructions, are available for members to pick up at guild meetings. You may also use your own supplies. Follow the link below for instructions.
Fabric Drawstring Bags
Guild members should also feel free to continue to sew fabric drawstring bags. These are donated to Legal Aid and then provided to adolescents aging out of foster care to allow them to keep their possessions in something nicer than a plastic garbage bag. Should you wish to sew these, a variety of instructions for them can be found on the internet.