Neonatal Quilts
QU members have been involved in providing quilts for use within the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Tallahassee Memorial Hospital since 1996. This project started through contests held by Wal-Mart where small quilts were designed, displayed at Wal-Mart and then donated to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. The small size of the quilts made it an easy project to continue as a guild philanthropic venture due to the generosity of our members wanting to provide a community service.
These quilts are used within the unit and are laundered in the hospital laundry, which is a harsher laundering process than that in family homes. Therefore, they must be durable as well as attractive. This is a good project to practice machine quilting techniques… it’s small, portable, and quick to finish.
Your participation in this worthwhile community project would be very welcome. Here are just a few guidelines that you should be aware of:
- Neonatal Quilts should be 26″ x 24″ finished (as of October 2023).
- Isolette Covers should be 40″ x 60″ finished (as of October 2023).
- For more complete instructions please see the Neonatal quilt section on the QU Philanthropy Page.
- Bring your finished quilt to any Quilters Unlimited meeting.
- Feel free to make more than one quilt!
The babies of the NICU at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, and their families, thank you for caring.