Community Quilting Center

07/24/2025

Long before Peggy Dunlop dreamed of the Community Quiltmaking Center she was creating clothing and studying textiles as a student at Cornell, in what would become the College Human Ecology. How wonderful that after all of these years the gift of her red dress has turned the well-deserved spotlight on her life. ❤

10/05/2023

Last night! 40 Quilts for 40 Beds PARADE OF QUILTS! What a parade it was with 63 Quilts made by 65 Quiltmakers from across Tompkins County!! Thank you so much to Matt Butler for coming, and Ithaca Voice for capturing the magic, wonder, and the incredible beauty and power of the evening!! Now the real dream comes true as the quilts go to the Alcohol and Drug Council of Tompkins County to cover the beds of the Open Access Detox & Stabilization Center with warmth and beauty, and the love and care of our community.

ITHACA, N.Y.—A months-long effort to organize and sew dozens of quilts for those in need culminated Tuesday, as 63 quilts were presented to a room full of quiltmakers and onlookers. […]

10/04/2023

What an incredible evening of love, care, community – QUILTMAKERS and their QUILTS!!! Beautiful quilts, stunning quilts, quilts one after another, each unique– made by local quiltmakers who are amazingly talented, and generous! Incredible that each of these treasures will cover a bed at the Alcohol and Drug Council of Tompkins County's Open Access Detox and Stabilization Center! https://ithacavoice.org/2023/10/local-quiltmakers-combine-to-supply-new-detox-center-with-a-homemade-quilt-for-each-bed/

09/14/2023

Wow! We've reached 129 Appreciation Potholders! What an outpouring from our sewing and quilting community! With more donations from Quilters Corner, Ithaca, New York customers, and the latest made at weekend potholder making parties at CQC at ReUse MegaCenter, It took three tables to display all of the potholders as Tompkins County Quilters Guild members added their beautiful little treasures to the collection on Tuesday! The Appreciation Potholders were created to honor the Friendship Donations Network and their 35th Anniversary of rescuing food and reducing hunger since 1988!

The Appreciation Potholders will hang and decorate FDN's 35th Anniversary Celebration this evening Ithaca Farmers Market, and then will be given as keepsakes to appreciate FDN's volunteers and supporters at the event.

While the primary focus of the new Community Quilting Center is to "open the door to quiltmaking for all, regardless of personal resources," we are also committed to use Peggy Dunlop and others fabric donations to "inspire and support quiltmaking for community good." The FDN Appreciation Potholders are a great example of how those two missions come together so beautifully with many beginners inspired to do their first patchwork to make a potholder.

09/10/2023

More BEAUTIES just picked up from Quilters Corner, Ithaca, New York! Drop your finished Appreciation Potholder for Friendship Donations Network at Quilters Corner TODAY from 12-4 pm, or TODAY at FINAL Potholder Making for Friendship Donations Network TODAY! from 10-1 pm at Finger Lakes ReUse ReUse MegaCenter! Special thanks to all of the AMAZING quiltmakers from across the community who are helping us to honor 35 years of FDN wonderful and important work rescuing food and reducing hunger in our community.

09/06/2023

09/06/2023

AMAZING to see the beauty and variety of the Appreciation Potholders lovingly made by our community to celebrate and honor Friendship Donations Network's 35th Anniversary! With a deadline of September 10th, and a goal of 100 potholders, there is still time to make one! Special thanks to the many who have created potholders and supported the effort, including community members, Quilters Corner, members of Tompkins County Quilters Guild, Finger Lakes ReUse, and many others! Drop off completed potholders by 9/10 to Quilters Corner, Ithaca, New York or the two Appreciation Potholder Making Parties for Friendship Donations Network this weekend, September 9 & 10th. For more information contact CQC volunteer, Brigid Hubberman at [email protected]

09/06/2023

09/06/2023

The beauty of potholders, these made by incredible quiltmaker and CQC volunteer, Bridget Bower! These little quilted FDN Appreciation Potholder treasures are two of the many being created right now by community members to celebrate and appreciate Friendship Donations Network's 35 Anniversary Celebration. 100 potholders is our goal and the deadline is September 10th. Sign up here to make a potholder https://forms.gle/AawjNfprrGVNmYqm8 or join us this weekend – 9/9 and 9/10, Sat or Sun, 10 am - 1 pm for Appreciation Potholder Making Parties for Friendship Donations Network.