Firehouse Quilts of Colorado, Inc.

Non-Profit Focus on Children-Fed. 501c3 #20-2407519

Colorado State Tax Exemption #98-17462-0000

Firehouse Quilts Thanks Denver Metro Longarm Quilting Group           Ellen Palmer & Maureen Supple Show Completed Quilts at FHQ Feb Sew Day.
During January & February, Merrie Jones (Merrie Berrie Quilting in Aurora) hosted a Charity Quilting Challenge for her Denver Metro Longarm Quilting group.  The measurement used to determine the winner was the number of square inches that were quilted for some local charities.
Three charities chosen to receive complimentary quilting during the challenge are:  Arapahoe County Quilters (Linda Wilson), Firehouse Quilts of Colorado (Ellen Palmer) & Quilts of Valor (Alycia Carmen) Eleven members of the Longarm group participated in the challenge, taking quilt tops, batting and backing fabric from the charities home with them and quilting them.  Total number of square inches stitched at the end of the challenge was 182,685 and the total number of quilts stitched was 74.
The winning Longarm quilter, Teresa Rives, quilted 34 quilts, totaling 76,138.7 square inches and won a king sized wool batting from Merrie Jones, a Hobbs Bonded Fibers and Pellon Legacy Batting distributor, at their March meeting.
The winning charity, Firehouse Quilts, will be given a 5% discount on their next batting order.  That’s in addition to having a grand total of 62 quilts that were quilted especially for Firehouse Quilts (130,881 square inches).  Dusty Darrah (Firehouse Quilts) also attended the March meeting to thank all the participants for their beautiful quilting work that was returned to FHQ.  Firehouse Quilts donates snuggle quilts to Colorado Fire Departments, Action Care Ambulance and many other state-wide organizations that serve children in crisis.  Children receive their quilt from EMTs and firefighters on their emergency runs.
Firehouse Quilts will hold the 7th annual quilt show July 20 & 21, 2012 as our major fundraiser in the beautiful Events Center, Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock CO this year.  We are Calling for Entries now through June 12.  Entry fee is only $15 per item entered if completed form & fee is received by May 17th.  Entry Form, instructions & quilt show rules are online.   www.firehousequilts.org    Admission to the show is $7 and allows re-entry both days, July 20 & 21, 2012.

Make a difference in a child's life today.

Our MISSION

Firehouse Quilts volunteers make snuggle quilts and

donate them to Colorado fire departments, local ambulance services,

low-income hospitals, victim advocate offices

&

full sized quilts to Women's Crisis Center in Douglas County

to be given to children & their mothers in time of crisis.

Who Receives Firehouse Quilts Donations?

• more than 30 fire districts in the state of Colorado through 2010
• a special sweetheart quilt for HRCA Special Needs Dance
• 6 local non profit organizations for their Silent Auctions
• 17 other emergency organizations to give to children in crisis
• Douglas County Deputy March 2008

The Story of our Logos

Here's how they were born.

Help From Community Minded Businesses

• On The Border Mexican restaurant in Highlands Ranch-Give Back Night
• Uprinting 2010-2011 donated $250 towards printing for FHQ.
• Starbucks fund raiser Oct. 2007
• Viking store donates embroidery samples for FHQ quilts
• Donations from Applewood Heating & Plumbing, John Ward
• Annual Sew-In hosted by Make It Sew, Bob & Karen Juenemann.
• National Quilting Day 2011, Sew-In hosted by Alison Dale at Fabric Expressions.
  

Donations are Always Needed and Appreciated

Firehouse Quilts is made up of all volunteers and funded simply by

donations from our community and others believing in our mission. 

Most of the fabric we use in our snuggle quilts is donated locally. 

We use only 100% cotton fabric in our snuggle quilts

in pieces 1/4 yard or larger. 

(See procedure for fabric donation below.)

We appreciate every donation we receive and put it to good use,
helping children in crisis and in need.

Please, remember us in your Wills and Trusts too;

let your family members know where you want your fabric, machines,

sewing tools, etc. to go when you're no longer able to use it,

so it is used for a good cause.

If you'd like to help with a monetary donation online, please click here.

Thanks so much,

Firehouse Quilts Volunteers!

FHQ SUPPORTERS Thank you for believing in the Mission of Firehouse Quilts (helping children in crisis in Colorado)
Douglas County Government Block Grant
		Century Link Telephone Pioneers Colorado & Blue Spruce
		HRCA Northridge Rec Center

FABRIC DONATIONS

We gladly accept donations during our Sew Days.

(100% cotton fabric or fleece only please)

Sorry, we aren't able to use blue jean fabric, knits, polyester or

anything other than 100% cotton.

Please check the schedule below for dates, times and location to make your delivery. 

The Rec Center cannot accept donations in our behalf at any other time

as other groups use the same room and there are no storage facilities for it. 

The fabric donation must be delivered during our Sew Day hours. 

(see below)

Thank you so much for thinking of Firehouse Quilts

when you have 100% cotton fabric to donate.

  Contact Information:  Dusty Darrah, Founder
   Email:                           firehousequilts@q.com
   Phone:                         303-683-6455

    To view our board members, click here.