News and Events
NEXT MEETING
Wednesday May 7 -- 9:30 am to 1:30 pm
Severna Park Community Center, Boone Station Hall (BSH)
Blanket Work Day
Stop by and join volunteers in making blankets for children who are ill or in need. We’ll be working with our recent fabric and yarn donations.
Come with questions, leave with fabric and/or yarn for your next project. The large room and table space make it easy to assemble large blankets. Visit with friends and bring a sack lunch if you wish to stay.
Please bring a needle and thread to help sew labels on finished blankets and a rotary cutter to help make fleece ready to use. Cutting mats and other supplies are available. In addition, if you can, please bring irons, ironing boards or ironing mats, sewing machines and extension cords and let’s see how many more blankets we can turn out during the meeting.
Upcoming Meetings
- Saturday MAY 17, 2025 10:00 Am to NOON BSH
- Wednesday MAY 28, 2025 10:00 am to 1:30 pm BSH
- Wednesday JUNE 4, 2025 10:00 am to 1:30 pm BSH
News
NEEDED! Baby blankets. The Partnership for Children, Youth and Families has asked us to participate in the Brooklyn Park Community Baby Shower on May 31st and requested 75 baby blankets for these north county expectant mothers. This is a service deficit area with a needy population. Please help us meet that goal!
Dropoff locations are now Capital Vacuum and Sewing Center, the Severna Park Community Center and Cottonwood Quilting, Arts and Antiques. Check our posted drop-off location addresses and hours on the https://www.projectlinus.org/ website under Find Chapters. Click the Blanket Drop button under Annapolis,MD to see Blanket Drop-Off Sites: https://www.projectlinus.org/chapters/index.php?state=MD#tgt
It’s never too soon to work on Backpack Buddy blankets. Last year we donated 426 double fleece blankets! The demand will likely be higher this year - so get sewing! The good news is that we cleaned out the Annapolis JoAnn’s Fabrics when they reduced prices sufficiently just before they closed to help make a dent in the amount of fleece we need (we were able to purchase about 25% of the fleece we need with the donation from Sam’s Club)!
All quilters, crocheters and knitters...
Frustrated with a project (material/yarn not laying right, too much or not
enough fabric/yarn, etc.)? Feel free to bring your problem project to our
meeting for help and advice.
Reminders
- QUILTERS: with the fabulous fabric donations we’ve received, we have a mix of washed and unwashed fabrics. Please be sure all fabrics are washed before cutting and sewing, to avoid uneven shrinkage in your finished item.
- PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU’VE REMOVED ALL PINS before donating a blanket. PL National has reported that TWO children had been hurt by pins left in a seam. As a result, ALL BLANKETS need to be brought to a meeting or dropped off at a drop off point and then taken to a meeting so that each and every one can be vetted by another person. When labeling blankets, please check carefully for any errant pins.
- PLEASE HAND-SEW LABELS ON SECURELY. They are still coming off in the washing machine.
- MINIMUM acceptable size is 32” by 32” That's larger than national PL rules -- this is a chapter-specific request. Larger is always better!
- When donating yarn, PLEASE give it to the Chapter Coordinator and DO NOT put it directly into the yarn bins (We’ve been getting too many wool and wool blends, which we can’t use for Project Linus blankets)
- We still need someone to take over the Saturday meeting programs. The job entails finding someone to present on a knitting, crocheting or quilting topic, handling the door prizes and the show and tell. We’ve got a bin full of items for door prizes. If you like the Saturday programs and want to keep them going, please volunteer!
Past Meetings
- Saturday April 19
- Volunteer Appreciation Day
- Wednesday April 23
- Blanket Work Day
- Wednesday April 2
- Blanket Work Day
- Saturday March 15
- Quilters' Feeding Frenzy
- Wednesday March 5
- Blanket Work Day
- Saturday February 15
- Panel Quilt Demo
- Wednesday February 5
- Blanket Work Day
- Wednesday January 22
- Blanket Work Day
- Saturday January 18
- Morning Meeting & Blanket Work Day
- Wednesday January 8 2025
- BLANKET WORK DAY
- Saturday December 21
- HOLIDAY PARTY
- Wednesday December 4
- BLANKET WORK DAY
- Wednesday November 20
- BLANKET WORK DAY
- Saturday, November 16, 2024
- C2C CROCHET FRENZY
- Wednesday, November 6, 2024
- BLANKET WORK DAY
- Saturday, September 21, 2024
- AFTERNOON MEETING
- Wednesday, September 4, 2024
- BLANKET WORK DAY
- Wednesday, August 14, 2024
- BLANKET WORK DAY
- Saturday, August 17, 2024
- MORNING MEETING
- Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- BLANKET WORK DAY
- Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- BLANKET WORK DAY
- Saturday, July 20, 2024
- LEARN CROCHETED EDGES FOR FLEECE
Helen Carr will demonstrate fun ways to finish fleece blankets with different crocheted edges.
- July 10, 2024
- BLANKET WORK DAY
- June 26, 2024
- BLANKET WORK DAY
- June 15, 2024
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MORE FUN WITH FLEECE
Sandy Suydam will demonstrate how to make loopy edged fleece blankets.
- June 5, 2024
- BLANKET WORK DAY
- May 18, 2024
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FUN WITH FLEECE AND FLANNEL
Leah will demonstrate how to make fleece squares from scraps and back with flannel.
- April 24, 2024
- BLANKET WORK DAY
- April 20, 2024
- VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DAY
- March 16, 2024
- QUILTERS FROLIC!
- March 2, 2024
- REGISTER FOR THE KNIT AND CROCHET ALONG BY MARCH 22
- Feb 14, 2024
- BLANKET WORK DAY
- Feb 10, 2024
- Sandy Campbell will demonstrate how to braid the edges of double fleece blankets.
- Jan 18, 2024
- The Severna Park location of Joann Fabrics has CLOSED