Service Project

Please consider joining your fellow members in making "Friendly Service" blocks. The blocks will be assembled to make quilts for Staben House. Waukegan Township’s Staben House provides transitional housing and community enrichment services to homeless women with children.

The pieced block will measure 8.5" with seam allowance (finished size within the quilt will be 8”), and we are hoping to collect a large amount to put together some sweet quilts for the children residing at Staben House.

Download a copy of the instructions for every block.

January Appliqué Duck Block

Ducks can be made in two sizes! Bright colors on a white fabric, with blue water fabric.

  • Cut one 8 ½ " x 6 ½ " white rectangle for the background.

  • Cut one 9"x 2½" blue water rectangle.

  • Sew these together so the blue extends beyond the white on both sides.

  • Trim the overhanging blue to make an 8 ½ " square background.

  • Appliqué the duck sitting on the water.

DO NOT fuse the applique. Use either machine-, hand-, or raw-edge appliqué.

Download the duck block pattern.

More Basket Blocks Needed

Please consider tackling a Basket block from August, as we could use a few more.

DO NOT fuse the appliqué. Use either machine-, hand-, or raw-edge appliqué.

The basket pattern is available in the “instructions for every block” PDF near the top of this page.