Easy to Sew Charity Quilt Patterns

As quilters we tend to have a lot of fabric and we are very charitable – which is the perfect combination for charity quilts.

Use your stash that you’ve built up over the last little bit (or many years) and pick a pattern and sew it up for someone in need. These easy to sew charity quilt patterns can be finished in a weekend. They aren’t complicated or difficult patterns and will work for your next charity quilt.

I’ve had the opportunity to hang out with Stacey quite a bit lately. We met at Quilt Market in 2023 and we have been friends since.

It’s been such a joy to watch her connect with Comfort Cases and really support them. Every year she has a quilt drive on behalf of the company and this year is no different!

During QuiltCon actually, she was in the Moda fabrics booth with sewing machines that were busy sewing blocks for making quilts. It was incredible to watch!

Rob is the founder of Comfort Case – and he came to QuiltCon to sew a block for a quilt. 🙂

What’s a Comfort Case

Comfort Cases are backpacks filled with comfort and personal care items for youth entering the foster care system. Typically, children are given a trash bag to pack up their belongings when they are removed from their homes. We are working to end this practice while providing the essentials for a child’s first few days in foster care.

Comfort Cases

Here is Stacey and I on the shuttle going back to the airport at another show. lol She is a delight and someone you should follow. She has a fabulous YT channel as well!

Stacey Lee Creative

You can join both of us at a quilt retreat that we are hosting as well! The Gather and Stitch Quilt Retreat.

Find more about the Quilt Donation Drive – and how you can finish a quilt and comfort cases can gift it to someone in need.

So while thinking about the organization and the options of sewing for charity – I thought I would share a few patterns that can be sewn up in a weekend. They typically take a charm pack, a layer cake and some background fabric.

Don’t restrict yourself to those pre-cuts though. Dig through your stash and sew a scrappy version. Charity quilts always turn out beautiful even though they are sewn with your scraps.

How to Participate in the Quilt Donation Drive

1. Start Creating

• We’re officially launching at QuiltCon in February
• Send your quilts anytime between QuiltCon and May 2025.

2. Document Your Donation

• Download and complete the Comfort Cases Note HERE.
• Take a photo of your quilt alongside the completed note.
• Each handmade quilt counts as one entry into our giveaway.

3. Enter the Giveaway

• Submit your quilt photos to enter our special giveaway. (Opens in March)

4. Send Your Quilts to Comfort Cases

• Mail your quilts, accompanied by the Comfort Cases Note, to Comfort Cases.
• Find the shipping address and additional details HERE.
• Your quilts will be added to a comfort case

What Quilts to Donate

• Patterns: Choose any kid-friendly pattern you love!
• Sizes:
  • Big Kids: 50″ x 50″ (slight variations accepted)
  • Baby Quilts: 30″ x 40″ (slight variations accepted)
• Materials: Use high-quality fabrics—the kind you’d choose for your own children or grandchildren. This ensures each recipient feels cherished and loved.

Easy Charity Quilt Patterns

Learn how to take your collection of squares, add a background and after sewing, you’ll get a super cute baby quilt eye spy!

I took 50 5″ squares and 50 5″ background squares and made an eye spy baby quilt! This is super cute and a great way to use those fun prints that you’ve collected over the years.

Each square gives you 2 – half square triangles, so you can search the quilt for the matching pair.

Check out the Eye Spy Baby Quilt Pattern

Make a super cute and simple baby blanket with a charm pack of fabric plus a little bit of background fabric.

It won’t take a lot of fabric, or time to sew up this cute quilt.

It features a simple snowball quilt block design that is collected in four – four petals. The center of the flower is just another corner from the snowball quilt block.

Check out the Charm Blossom Quilt Pattern

If you have leftover fabric strips – from your stash or quilts that you’ve made before, the Spinning Ribbons quilt is perfect to make! It’s an easy quilt pattern for beginners and really does use any width of strips that you have.

Check out the Spinning Ribbon quilt pattern

Let’s talk about rail fence quilts. They’re like the macaroni and cheese of quilting: classic, versatile, and oh-so-satisfying. Whether you’re a beginner quilter testing the waters or an experienced quilter looking for a quick project, this rail fence quilt pattern is an easy pattern that’s as forgiving as it is fabulous.

Check out the Rail Fence quilt pattern

This quilt is perfect for layer cakes! Whether you make your own layer cakes or purchase them from your favorite quilt shop – this will work!

There are no points in the quilt, making it super quick to sew up and finish in a weekend.

I have found that the fabric with big prints is perfect for this quilt, as it shows off those fun prints perfectly.

Check out the Quadripoint quilt pattern

Learn how to make a super simple nine patch quilt pattern using your stash or layer cakes!

Quilting might seem a bit tricky at first, but it’s actually pretty cool once you get the hang of it.

If you’re new to this and looking for a fun project to start with, check out the Nine Patch quilt block. It’s super easy to work with, whether you’re using layer cakes or nine-inch squares.

Check out the Easy Nine Patch quilt pattern

his layer cake quilt tutorial is going to be a breeze to sew.

There are no bias edges, and you are only cutting the block once… it couldn’t get any easier!

Great for a beginner quilter or if you are in need of a quilt fast!

Check out the Single Slice quilt pattern

This layer cake quilt is a chevron style. Using two fabrics the same size and making them into half square triangles, you end up with a whole lap sized quilt.

Check out the Chevron Style quilt pattern

The strips were dug out and separated into 3 different piles– each containing 42 — 2 1/2″ strips which is just what a jelly roll contains. The variety of fabric was crazy. The quilts ended up so scrappy and wonderful! It was a great way to get the fabric used and for us to work on something together.

Check out the Simple Jelly Roll quilt pattern

How to Finish Your Quilt

Now that you have your quilt top – or the pattern begun, let’s think about how to finish the quilt.

I know that picking the fabric and cutting and sewing is the ‘fun’ part, but don’t forget that once the quilt top is sewn… you need to finish it before it can be donated or gifted.

The quilt is no use if it’s sitting on your shelf waiting for the finishing stage to be completed. I have found that doing this as soon as the quilt top is sewn is the easiest. The longer I wait to finish, the more likely it is that it’s not completed.

To make it easy for you, here’s some quick resources to help you finish that quilt.

Finishing the Quilt

1. Cut or piece together your batting and a piece of quilt backing fabric.

2. Make a quilt sandwich with the backing, batting, and top.

3. Baste together with fusible batting, pins or basting spray.

3. Quilt as desired. A few of my favorite ways to quilt are Straight line quilting or cross hatch quilting. Use a walking foot on your sewing machine. Trim away the extra batting and backing.

4. Cut strips of fabric for the binding. Cut 2 1/2” tall (sometimes I use 2 1/4″) binding strips. Sew the binding strips together and bind using your favorite technique.

Additional Charity Sewing Projects

• Adult Bibs
• Days for Girls
• Heart pillows for breast cancer patients
• How to sew a pillowcase – 2 different ways

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