Welcome to our volunteer section

Learn more about what YOU can do as a volunteer

On this page you will find all the steps for sending out a quilt, requesting a name and address, QFS volunteer projects, Quilt Canada challenges, QFS block patterns and more!

Information For Volunteers

Learn more about what we do

Binding Guidelines / Quilt Canada Binding Challenge 2025

Are you looking at information about our binding guidelines? 

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QFS Gala Table Toppers

Looking for guidelines for our gala table toppers? 

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Want Vanessa To Speak To Your Guild? 

Vanessa Genier is a captivating speaker for sewing and quilting guilds, bringing her passion for quilting and social impact to every talk. Her work with Quilts for Survivors is a testament to the profound emotional and therapeutic power of quilts, and she eloquently shares how these beautiful creations provide comfort, healing, and hope for trauma survivors. Vanessa’s presentations weave together her deep knowledge of the craft with the inspiring mission of Quilts for Survivors, showing guild members how their quilting skills can make a lasting difference in the lives of others. As a speaker, she highlights the importance of community, compassion, and the “sew” significant role quilters play in helping to heal and support those in need.

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Sending Out A Quilt?

To Request a Label:

Please provide your full name, shipping address, and the number of labels you need.

A $5 shipping fee can be sent via EMT to vanessa@quiltsforsurvivors.ca.


Once the label has been sewn onto the quilt, kindly email a photo of the finished quilt to admin@quiltsforsurvivors.ca.


Ship Directly To A Survivor

To ship Directly to a Survivor please email
Admin@quiltsforsurvivors.ca

-Picture of the finished quilt and card ( if you are sending one)
-The QFS label is on the quilt
-Can ship within 2-3 business days

Once all of the requirements are met you will receive a name & address.


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Volunteer Quilt 

Make a block for the volunteer quilt. We ask that you include your name, city/town, and when you started volunteering somewhere on the block. 

The End date for blocks to be in is December 31st, 2024, and the quilt will be put together in 2025! 

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Quilts For Survivors Free Patterns

These Patterns were made by Quilts For Survivors Management OR Volunteers. 
We own all rights to patterns posted. 

Bear’s Journey Pattern

52” x 66” (Lap Size) Quilt Design 

by Sue Sherman

2nd Annual Orange You Glad We’re Sewing Retreat Patterns

Bear Paw Block, Maple Leaf Block, Long House Block , Feather Block and More

By Just Get It Done Quilts – Karen Brown