Not sure what you’d like to make? Do you like to plan ahead? Check out the From the Heart Year at a Glance Needs Calendar for 2026!
Current Needs – June 2026
Below are our current, most pressing needs but, as always, feel free to make whatever you like as we can certainly use it. If you create an item with a specific recipient group in mind, please clearly write that on the back of the tag and feel free to add a personal note of encouragement or simply a “made by” if you want to do so.
Lots of patterns are available on our website at: https://fromtheheartstitchers.org/patterns/.
If you deliver any items yourself in the Richmond area, please let From the Heart Distribution know at by email at fthdistributionteam@gmail.com. In the Fredericksburg/King George area please advise Sally Moore at 540.295.6224.
Richmond:
- Red, White and Blue Blankets – 40×50/60″ afghan size
- Bright color school-age hats 100% acrylic
- Pillowcases – child/youth print (not baby)
- Small bags for toiletries – zipper/drawstring
We are in great need of FABRIC: MUST be new! 100% cotton for pillowcases! Child novelty/Youth novelty prints in 1yd/2yd/3/yd cuts. Please purchase or check your stash for unused fabric to donate!
Distribution REMINDER: We ONLY ACCEPT new and unused items. Please donate your gently used items to a thrift store or other agency accepting used items. If it is USED, PLEASE do not bring it to From the Heart!
We are in great need of FABRIC: MUST be new! 100% cotton for pillowcases! Child novelty/Youth novelty prints in 1yd/2yd/3/yd cuts. Please purchase or check your stash for unused fabric to donate!
Distribution REMINDER: We ONLY ACCEPT new and unused items. Please donate your gently used items to a thrift store or other agency accepting used items. If it is USED, PLEASE do not bring it to From the Heart!
Fredericksburg
- Colorful winter hats for children 5 – 12 years old. There are now bright colors and neon colors in stock at the Richmond workshop. This is a project with the Interfaith Council of Churches’ Dressing Days! Fredericksburg will collect these hats until July 15th. Richmond FROM THE HEART will collect these hats until July 10thand deliver them to Fredericksburg.
- Wheelchair totes
- Lap, Baby and Kid Blankets
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Check out the From the Heart website HERE for many patterns for our most needed items this month, broken down by knitting, crochet, and sewing.
From the Heart tags are attached to all completed, ready to be sent out items. Click HERE for tags or you can find them on both the patterns or the members page if you wish to print them yourself. They must be printed on white card stock, a hole punched in the upper left corner and attached to the items using a bow rather then a knot. Tags are also available at the workshop any time we are open.
Project Sizes, Supplies and Ongoing Projects
As always anything you want to make we can really use to help fill the bins in the shop and warm the hearts and bodies of those in need. Below is a list of items we can use at any time along with our General Project Sizes list. If the sizes below differ from what is given on “Current Needs” list, please go with what is given on the Current Needs.
Chemo Hats for Guys and Boys
Socks for the Homeless – prefer white, non – Wool socks. Tube socks work well (no heels to deal with!)
Chemo Shawls 30″ x 48″
Chemo Blankets 38″ X 48″
Blankets for Hospice/Palliative Care 27″ x 36″ (No fringe, no tie-on items if wheelchair blankets)
Lap/Wheelchair Blankets Approx. 42″ X 27″
Baby/Child size Blankets:
- Car seat blankets: 30″ x 17″ and need to be less bulky than a regular baby blanket
- Security blankets: 15” square
- Receiving blankets: 36” square
- Stroller blankets: 30” x 40”
- Bassinet blankets: 22” x 25”
- Children’s blankets (for clutching or dragging) 24″ sq up to 36″ or 40″ & not necessarily square
Bone Marrow Transplant Unit blankets Large and COLORFUL! (Just enough to cover the top of twin bed)
Dialysis blankets: 40″ wide x 60″ to 72″ long
Home Again (Battered Women and Children’s Shelter) large enough to wrap a small child in cold, drafty house
Chemo Hats Small, medium and large sizes for both adults and children
SPCA rounds or squares 15-18 inches up to 3 feet to fit crates using leftovers of mixed yarn, wool, blends, cotton or acrylics
Squares 12 inches to be stitched together into blankets
Infant Hats, Must be stretchy. Full term newborn needs to fit over a 5″ Styrofoam ball.
Layette Sets Used as “take me home” outfits for newborns.
Bears and Toys: New bears from Dollar stores, dressed with knitted or crocheted outfits. Given to sick, scared or needy children in ER, clinic, oncology, hospice and other areas.
Items for use in Memory Care Units. Go to our Pattern Page and then click on either Knitted or Crocheted Patterns and, then, “Comfort Items” under the Knitted or Crocheted Patterns list.
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If you make a specific item for a specific purpose, please write it on the back of the tag for easy sorting.
From the Heart tags can be found HERE