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Neonatal Quilt Factory Date Set
 

On Saturday, February 25 from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. we will be gathering at the church (Calvary Christian Reformed, 3500 Byron Center Ave.) to work on neonatal quilts.

If you have never attended one of these quilt-ins, please consider joining us for a great day of sewing, fellowship, a lot of yacking, and hopefully completing many neonatal quilts to be donated to the hospital.

There are several ways to participate: You may bring your own project to work on, or you may work on pre-cut kits that will be available for you to simply sew together. If you don't want to bring your sewing machine, never fear! We have stuff for you to do also. You may work on pressing the backs for the completed quilts, layering and pinning the quilts, or tying them. We will have all of the supplies available for all of these steps in completing the quilts.

We will get pizza for lunch and you may purchase one or more pieces for $1.00 per slice. We will also supply several kinds of pop - both diet and regular. If this doesn't sound good to you, please feel free to bring your own lunch.

We hope that you will consider coming to help us on that day. Hope to see you then!

Sue Botma, Neonatal Quilt Coordinator

 
Neo-Natal Quilt Guide
These are the basic guidelines for making Neo-natal quilts.  Please remember that these quilts are for preemies and very little babies, so they need to be soft but strong.
 
1.  Size:  The quilt should be no smaller than about 30 inches on a side and probably should be no larger than about 42 inches on a side.

The nurses use them to darken the incubators so that the babies are not subjected to all of the bright lights and hubbub of the NICU, so they should be large enough to do this comfortably.
2.  Materials:  Cottons and flannels, printed or plain fabrics or printed panels are fine too.  Bright, cheerful prints are always popular.
3.  Batting:  Polyester or cotton, no wool because of sensitive skin.
4.  No embellishments of buttons, pins, beads, etc. as it presents a choking hazard.
5.  Design:  Any design suitable for a baby. They may be as involved or as simple as you wish to make them.
6.  Finishing:  They may be tied, or quilted - whatever you wish to do. Just make sure that if you tie them that they are firmly knotted so as not to pose a choking hazard.
7.  Labels: You may attach your own label, or we will pin a removable label onto each quilt so that the families who receive them will know that they were made by our members.
8.  Receipts: We will have receipts available so that you may claim your donation on your income tax.
If you can't complete your quilts by the March meeting, please feel free to turn them in to me at any meeting. When I get several, I will bring them up to the hospital at a later date.
 

Neo-natal quilts can be made anytime.  The major collection is in March but you may bring your quilt(s) to any Guild meeting and they will be delivered to the NICU.
Who gets a quilt?  That is up to the staff at the neo-natal unit.  Over 1000 babies went through the NICU in 2008.  The smallest one was less than a pound.  The ones who have long or difficult stays usually receive a quilt.  But wouldn't it be nice if each baby received one?  

Thank you so much for all of the hard work that you do. The quilts really do bring a little touch of home and love to all of these babies and their families, so please keep up the good work.
 
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