This page contains information on the following topics:
Monthly Activities Calendar
Classified Ads
Long Arm Quilters
Block Sizes: Finished vs: Unfinished
Charity Quilt Causes
Machine Repair and Sales
Upcycled Fabric, Notions & Craft Supplies
Suggested Quilt Size Charts
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Monthly Calendar
Each month TVQG publishes a monthly event calendar. For a printable version of our calendar, please select the month and year you are interested in printing.
2024
May 2024
April 2024
March 2024
February 2024
January 2024
2023
January 2023
February 2023
March 2023
April 2023
May 2023
June 2023
July 2023
August 2023
September 2023
October 2023
November 2023
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Classified Ads
If you would like to place an ad for your quilting-related equipment or supplies please contact us at TVQG.ContactUs@gmail.com for additional details.
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Long Arm Quilters
Sue Capell specializes in freehand overall and custom quilting (no pantographs or computer). Uplands Farm Quilting, 29875 NE Mountain Top Rd, Newberg, OR 97132
503-538-3600
fscapell@gmail.com
Erin Davis offers longarm quilting services. In Stitches Quilting, 860 SE 59th Ave., Hillsboro, OR 97123
503-351-0981
quiltererin06@gmail.com
Coline Simmons specializes in providing Quilts of Valor longarm quilting services
Woodburn, OR
https://www.facebook.com/coline.simmons.3
Carol & Mike Lee
21559 SW 99th Ave., Tualatin. OR 97062
805-710-3329
carol93420@gmail.com
If you are a Long Arm Quilter and would like to have your information posted here, send an email to TVQG.ContactUs@gmail.com.
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Block Sizes: Finished vs: Unfinished
Hint about block sizes: The Unfinished block size represents the size of a raw-edged block by itself. The Finished block size is the size of the block after it has been sewn together in a quilt. Block pattern makers may state their block size in either one or both (finished/unfinished) of these terms. Please check your pattern to determine if the pattern maker’s requirements are being met.
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Charity Quilting Causes
Friends of Hopewell House The Friends of Hopewell House Quilt Program offer patients a quilt of their choice, handmade by generous and creative community members who have donated their time, talents, and materials. Each quilt will remain with the patient during their care. Upon the patient’s death, their quilt will be part of their “passage observance” with their family, friends, and caregivers. The family will be invited to take the quilt home with them. As you can see, the quilt takes on an extremely meaningful, moving, and cherished gift.”
Project Linus makes quilts for children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need.
Good Neighbor Center in Tigard, OR is dedicated to providing safe, emergency housing and supportive, empowering services to families.
Days for Girls charity provides lasting hygiene solutions, health education, and income-generation opportunity to girls in Sub-Saharan Africa, India, and the rural areas of Brazil.
Cares Northwest Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Services (CARES) Northwest is a collaborative, community-based medical program. CARES Northwest’s mission is to stop child abuse and neglect through multidisciplinary prevention, medical evaluation, and ongoing treatment in partnership with our community. CARES NW Quilt Guidelines
Northwest Oregon Quilts of Valor is an open-to-the-public Facebook page that provides Quilts of Valor information with a focus specific to the Molalla, Woodburn, and Canby areas. This group also works with TVQG assisting them by providing information on events, Sew-Days, and provides downloadable Quilts of Valor patterns. Its mission is to cover service members and veterans with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.
TVQG also has a sub-group of quilters that gather (as appropriate during Oregon’s Covid-19 guidelines) in Newberg, Oregon. The coordinator of this sub-group is TVQG’s own LoisMarie Mayer. If interested in joining this group please contact LoisMarie by email at lov2kwilt@aol.com
Beaverton Resource Center is a drop-in center and online resources offering a central hub for the Beaverton community struggling with hunger, housing insecurity, and poverty. With a broad range of resources in one, easy-to-use center that educates those in need and offers better care for lasting change. They strive to connect our community to the right help so they’re empowered to create long-term stability.
Oregon Food Bank located in Portland the Oregon Food Bank is working to end hunger throughout Oregon and Clark County, Washington.
Waverly Children’s Home/Trillium Family Services offers hope to families when they don’t know where else to turn. Whether they are addressing a one-time mental health crisis or an ongoing condition, their goal is to equip children and their families with the right tools to understand their challenges, treat their conditions, and gain new skills in order to effectively manage their mental and behavioral health challenges. With increased knowledge and resources, young people can realize their full potential. Trillium welcomes donations of quilts, children’s books, and facemasks for children, teens, and adults.
Oregon Dog Rescue – TVQG quilters put their scrap quilting materials to good use by making and delivering crate pads for dogs housed at this shelter.
Tigard-Tualatin Family Resource Center & Caring Closet – This center is a recent 2022 addition to recipients of our charity quilt efforts. Following is their Mission Statement: Together, we build on individual and community strengths to assist families in becoming more self-sufficient and to increase successful family relationships to the school district and community.
Providence Elder Place Established in 1990, ElderPlace is part of a nationwide, federally recognized program known as PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly). It is the only one of its kind in Oregon. The PACE model is centered on the belief that it is better for the well-being of seniors with chronic care needs and their families to be served in the community whenever possible, and provides the structural support to do so.
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Sewing Machine Repair and Sales
Ace Sew and Vacuum
– Locations in Newberg and Tigard
– Authorized Dealer for Juki, Bernina, Elna, and TinLizzie
– Sewing Machine Service and Repair
– Sewing and Quilting Classes
– Fabric
– Current host for Quilt’s of Valor Sew Days
Aloha Sewing, Vacuum, and Fabric
– Located in Hillsboro
– Authorized Dealer for Baby Lock, Brother, and Elna Sergers
– Sewing Machine Service and Repair
– Sewing and Quilting Classes
– Fabrics and Notions
– Free Monthly Sewing Club Event
Boersmas Sewing Center
– Located in McMinnville
– Authorized Dealer for Janome
– Well established technicians
– Sewing and LongArm Service and Repair
– High Quality Fabrics
– Sewing and Quilting Classes
Modern Domestic
– Locations in NE Portland and Lake Oswego
– Authorized Bernina Sales and Repair
– Sewing Classes and Private Lessons
– Fabric
Montavilla Sewing Centers
– Locations in Portland, Beaverton, Lake Oswego, and Gresham
– Authorized Dealer for Accuquilt, BabyLock, Brother, Husqvarna-Viking, Janome, Juki, and Pfaff
– Sewing and Quilting Classes
– Sewing Machine Service and Repair
Whitlocks Vacuum and Sewing Super Center
– Located in Salem
– Sell and service Janome, sewing machines and sergers, Handi Quilter Long Arm Machines, Miele, Riccar
If you are interested in having your local quilting-related business information included above, please send an email to TVQG.ContactUs@gmail.com.
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Upcycled Fabric, Notions & Craft Supplies
Scrap, PDX
Located in Portland, Scraps, PDX is a Creative Reuse Center (also known as upcycling or repurposing) that specializes in repurposing. Creativity can be added to an already manufactured item to bring a new function. A CD jewel case can become a bird feeder, wine corks turned into a corkboard, and a t-shirt may be transformed into a rug. Scraps feature a nice selection of fabrics, thread, and notions for sewing and quilting. Scrap, PDX Donations (Specific to Quilters) accept donations of fabrics, sewing, and quilting supplies and notions.
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Suggested Quilt Sizes
As in all things in life these may vary, but is are some basic general assumptions within the quilting world:
Baby: 30×40
Crib: 36×45
Throw: 50×60
Quilts of Valor: 60×80
Twin: 70×84
Twin Long: 70×96
Double: 85×96
Queen: 90×108
King: 110×108
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