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Our Scholarship and Grants Application Process for 2020 is now closed. Check back for 2021 Applications
Scholarships and Grants are available through Brandywine Valley Quilters.
BVQ is pleased to fulfill its mission to extend the art of sewing and quilting into the next generation by offering grants and scholarships.
Areas of interest: Textiles, textile design, fabric, sewing, quilting, weaving, felting and fabric-related technology.
Our grant program supports education or training in textile, sewing, quilting, fiber, or fabric arts and/or technology or related areas. Grants are intended to aid teachers or instructors in public or non-profit schools, institutions, or organizations with the expenses associated with teaching/ training, such as supplies, equipment or other educational materials. We support programs that operate in New Castle County (DE), Chester County (PA), and Delaware County (PA).
Our scholarship program supports students pursuing post-secondary education or training in textile, sewing, quilting, fiber, fabric arts and/or technology or related areas. Please note the residency requirement: New Castle County (DE), Chester County (PA), and Delaware County (PA). Our awards are in the range of $250-$500.
Scholarships and Grants are available through Brandywine Valley Quilters.
BVQ is pleased to fulfill its mission to extend the art of sewing and quilting into the next generation by offering grants and scholarships.
Areas of interest: Textiles, textile design, fabric, sewing, quilting, weaving, felting and fabric-related technology.
Our grant program supports education or training in textile, sewing, quilting, fiber, or fabric arts and/or technology or related areas. Grants are intended to aid teachers or instructors in public or non-profit schools, institutions, or organizations with the expenses associated with teaching/ training, such as supplies, equipment or other educational materials. We support programs that operate in New Castle County (DE), Chester County (PA), and Delaware County (PA).
Our scholarship program supports students pursuing post-secondary education or training in textile, sewing, quilting, fiber, fabric arts and/or technology or related areas. Please note the residency requirement: New Castle County (DE), Chester County (PA), and Delaware County (PA). Our awards are in the range of $250-$500.
BVQ 2019 SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS AWARDED
At the recommendation of the 2019 Scholarship Committee BVQ has awarded the following grants. No scholarships were awarded.
Delaware County 4-H Sewing Club ~ $1,000 Grant
This club of beginning sewers, ages 8 – 10, meets monthly to complete projects at their skill level. Among the completed projects are fleece hats, pillow cases, stenciled pillows, bandanna quilts, pillowcase dresses, quilted placemats, pajama pants, drawstring backpacks, and Project Linus blankets for children in need. The club is currently working with borrowed tools. With this grant, they would purchase basic tools for the club such as: a cutting mats, rotary cutters, rulers, chalk markers, needles, Guideline seam guides, and fabric. Additionally, they would purchase club sewing machines, for member who cannot afford to purchase their own.
Great Taste Design Fashion Camp ~ $1,000 Grant
Great Taste Design Company annual hosts Fashion Camp for girls ages 7-13. The camp has a location in Newark, Delaware at Carrie Downes Elementary School and one in Wilmington, Delaware at Absalom Jones Community Center. The camp provides girls ages 7-13 sewing, design, leadership, and life skills. Participants have the opportunity to design and produce hand-sewing and machine-sewing projects, while providing girl’s empowerment life skills on topics such as self-esteem, self-efficacy, leadership, and empathy. Funds will be used to purchase project supplies and equipment, such as fabric, sewing notions, and machine repair. They also hope to update some of their second-hand sewing machines. They plan to utilize some funds to provide scholarship assistance for low-income families.
Emerging Makers ~ $600 Grant
This group, originated by BVQ members, encourages sewing and quilting skills in children ages 10 and up. They have been involved in our quilt show, as helpers and displaying their projects. They hope to use the funds to sponsor a series of workshops for 20 participants based on the color and piecing curriculum in Gyleen Fitzgerald’s book. The funds will be used to purchase the necessary supplies - crayons, muslin, printed materials to follow the book curriculum, thread, and maker bags to transport their projects. In three sessions held throughout the year, participants will gain skills in sewing and quilting and complete a quilted project by the end of the year. Sparking these Emerging Makers and incorporating them into the work of the Guild in terms of charity projects and show participation will keep the group engaged and inspired
BVQ 2018 SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS AWARDED
At the recommendation of the 2018 Scholarship Committee BVQ has awarded the following grants and scholarships.
Melmark of Berwyn, Pa for the Meadows Program - $750 Grant
The Meadows serves 55 adults who live with their friends in staff-supervised, single-family homes on campus or in nearby communities with their families. This is a day program for young and older adults with mild-to-moderate intellectual disabilities
The Meadows creative workshops include a Fiber and Art Workshop where guild members make knitted pillows, stuffed animals, mosaics, and decorative bookmarks that are sold at The Meadows on the campus and through an online store and craft fairs.
SMArtSummer (formally CabSummer) - $750 Grant
The summer program operates out of the Cab Calloway School of the Arts and its goal is to invite children to experience creative (arts) education alternatives with community outreach and scholarship opportunities for underserved populations. They offer a minimum of 150 full scholarships to low income students including breakfast, lunch and transportation.
They offer Basic Sewing for 3rd to 8th grades and Advanced Sewing for 5th to 9th grades; Fashion and your 18” doll to learn how to sew for you and your doll; Puppets for 6th – 8th grade, and Understanding Sewing Patterns for 8th – 12th grade.
Quoted from their letter. We have been offering sewing programs for many years and it has taken a toll on our machines. I am requesting a grant for servicing these machines. Based on information given to me by Stephanie Hayes (Hayes Sewing Machine Co.) we are asking $720 for servicing 6 to 8 machines. ($90 per machine. If we do not need parts we will have all 8 machines serviced.
Lauren Mohn (new) Glen Mills, Pa - $150 Scholarship
Lauren is a 2017 graduate of Garnet Valley and just completing first year at Temple-Tyler School of Art. She is majoring in Art Education. She would like to pursue a career teaching at a middle school or high school using art to aid in educating students. “Drawing, painting and sewing have brought me so much joy and have allowed me to express myself more creatively.” Art Therapy is a growing field that interests her. In the past, she has utilized fabrics as a transparent layer and as the background in her drawing pieces. Her Grandmother, Charon Mohn was President of BVQ in 1988 and her Mother was a member from 1989 to 2000. .
Regan Dunleavy of West Chester, Pa - $200 Scholarship
Regan is currently a Junior Fibers major with an Experimental Fashion concentration at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She writes,
“I have been honored to receive a generous scholarship from BVQ my past 3 years as a student. This award has allowed me to fund my many projects and has fueled my creativity. My work has recently developed into a series of garments exploring movement and performance. I am interested in pursuing a career in Costuming, Fashion or Textile Design. Right now I am working on a collection of garments that explore movement and specific skills like, stilt walking, juggling and riding a unicycle.”
Hope Worth of West Chester - $200 Scholarship
Hope is studying fashion design at Jefferson University. She has been sewing for 7 years and has created multiple garments, home goods and stuffed animals. The money will be used towards purchasing materials for the clothing line she will be creating her sophomore year. Once she graduates she will receive a bachelor of science in fashion design and hopes to work at a design house in New York City.
Hope sent a thank you note......
Dear Brandywine Valley Quilters Guild,
I received the guild’s scholarship in the mail yesterday, and I am incredibly thankful to be a recipient of this award. I am sincerely appreciative of the guild’s generosity in helping me advance my education. This year I will be creating a children’s wear collection for my sophomore project, which will be funded by this scholarship. I will happily send photos of the collection as well as progress updates once I begin classes.
Again, thank you so much for choosing me to be a recipient of this award. I am extremely appreciate of the guild’s kind generosity.
Sincerely,
Hope Worth
At the recommendation of the 2018 Scholarship Committee BVQ has awarded the following grants and scholarships.
Melmark of Berwyn, Pa for the Meadows Program - $750 Grant
The Meadows serves 55 adults who live with their friends in staff-supervised, single-family homes on campus or in nearby communities with their families. This is a day program for young and older adults with mild-to-moderate intellectual disabilities
The Meadows creative workshops include a Fiber and Art Workshop where guild members make knitted pillows, stuffed animals, mosaics, and decorative bookmarks that are sold at The Meadows on the campus and through an online store and craft fairs.
SMArtSummer (formally CabSummer) - $750 Grant
The summer program operates out of the Cab Calloway School of the Arts and its goal is to invite children to experience creative (arts) education alternatives with community outreach and scholarship opportunities for underserved populations. They offer a minimum of 150 full scholarships to low income students including breakfast, lunch and transportation.
They offer Basic Sewing for 3rd to 8th grades and Advanced Sewing for 5th to 9th grades; Fashion and your 18” doll to learn how to sew for you and your doll; Puppets for 6th – 8th grade, and Understanding Sewing Patterns for 8th – 12th grade.
Quoted from their letter. We have been offering sewing programs for many years and it has taken a toll on our machines. I am requesting a grant for servicing these machines. Based on information given to me by Stephanie Hayes (Hayes Sewing Machine Co.) we are asking $720 for servicing 6 to 8 machines. ($90 per machine. If we do not need parts we will have all 8 machines serviced.
Lauren Mohn (new) Glen Mills, Pa - $150 Scholarship
Lauren is a 2017 graduate of Garnet Valley and just completing first year at Temple-Tyler School of Art. She is majoring in Art Education. She would like to pursue a career teaching at a middle school or high school using art to aid in educating students. “Drawing, painting and sewing have brought me so much joy and have allowed me to express myself more creatively.” Art Therapy is a growing field that interests her. In the past, she has utilized fabrics as a transparent layer and as the background in her drawing pieces. Her Grandmother, Charon Mohn was President of BVQ in 1988 and her Mother was a member from 1989 to 2000. .
Regan Dunleavy of West Chester, Pa - $200 Scholarship
Regan is currently a Junior Fibers major with an Experimental Fashion concentration at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She writes,
“I have been honored to receive a generous scholarship from BVQ my past 3 years as a student. This award has allowed me to fund my many projects and has fueled my creativity. My work has recently developed into a series of garments exploring movement and performance. I am interested in pursuing a career in Costuming, Fashion or Textile Design. Right now I am working on a collection of garments that explore movement and specific skills like, stilt walking, juggling and riding a unicycle.”
Hope Worth of West Chester - $200 Scholarship
Hope is studying fashion design at Jefferson University. She has been sewing for 7 years and has created multiple garments, home goods and stuffed animals. The money will be used towards purchasing materials for the clothing line she will be creating her sophomore year. Once she graduates she will receive a bachelor of science in fashion design and hopes to work at a design house in New York City.
Hope sent a thank you note......
Dear Brandywine Valley Quilters Guild,
I received the guild’s scholarship in the mail yesterday, and I am incredibly thankful to be a recipient of this award. I am sincerely appreciative of the guild’s generosity in helping me advance my education. This year I will be creating a children’s wear collection for my sophomore project, which will be funded by this scholarship. I will happily send photos of the collection as well as progress updates once I begin classes.
Again, thank you so much for choosing me to be a recipient of this award. I am extremely appreciate of the guild’s kind generosity.
Sincerely,
Hope Worth
BVQ 2017 SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS AWARDED
The 2017 Scholarship Committee has recommended the following grant and scholarship recipients. Everyone who applied has received money.
Melmark, Berwyn, Pa - $500 Grant
Melmark provides residential, educational, vocational and therapeutic services for children and adults with autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities, brain injuries and other neurological and genetic disorders. Grant money would go to support the Meadow Program and its Fiber and Art Workshop. Adults who participate in the Meadows Program make knitted pillows, stuffed animals, mosaics, and decorative bookmarks in fiber and art workshop. They share in the profits from the sale of their products on Melmark campus, at area craft shows and online. https://ecomm.melmark.org/fiber-arts
...below is a letter and pictures from Melmark........
The Melmark Charitable Foundation
Melmark
February 15, 2018
Ms. Betty Jean Boyd
Brandywine Valley Quilters Guild Grant Committee
PO Box 953
Concordville, PA 19331
Dear Ms. Boyd:
I am writing to thank you again for Brandywine Valley Quilters Guild second $500 grant to the Melmark Charitable Foundation for The Meadow's fiber arts workshop. With your help, we were able to purchase textile supplies such yarn, fabric, Knifty Knitters, and knitting needles. These materials are used by adults with developmental disabilities through our Meadows Program.
All participants in the Meadows Program at Melmark are members in their own craft guild called the Country Garden Guild. Members share the income when their crafts are sold through Etsy, through our website, or from their store on campus. We are grateful to you for making their success possible.
Sincerely,
Ellen J. Mansfield
Annual Giving and Grants Manager
Melmark
February 15, 2018
Ms. Betty Jean Boyd
Brandywine Valley Quilters Guild Grant Committee
PO Box 953
Concordville, PA 19331
Dear Ms. Boyd:
I am writing to thank you again for Brandywine Valley Quilters Guild second $500 grant to the Melmark Charitable Foundation for The Meadow's fiber arts workshop. With your help, we were able to purchase textile supplies such yarn, fabric, Knifty Knitters, and knitting needles. These materials are used by adults with developmental disabilities through our Meadows Program.
All participants in the Meadows Program at Melmark are members in their own craft guild called the Country Garden Guild. Members share the income when their crafts are sold through Etsy, through our website, or from their store on campus. We are grateful to you for making their success possible.
Sincerely,
Ellen J. Mansfield
Annual Giving and Grants Manager
Madalyn Cook, New Jersey - $250 Scholarship
Madalyn is currently a Junior at Moore College of Art and Design and majoring in Fashion Design. She will use it to further her education by utilizing it to purchase, fabrics, muslin and other supplies. For each project she has completed, she has had custom fabrics made or has made them herself.
Hope Worth, West Chester - $250 Scholarship
Hope has been sewing since the age of 11 when she took lessons and has since learned to sew, create garments and design her own patterns and has created garments such as dresses, shirts and shorts. In the fall she will be attending Philadelphia University and majoring in fashion design. She will use the scholarship to purchase fabric, art supplies and books in the fall.
Here is a letter from Hope:
Dear Betty Jean Boyd,
I wanted to thank you and the Brandywine Valley Quilter's Guild again for the generous scholarship I was gifted wit for school. I am incredibly grateful. The scholarship has helped pay for almost all of my art supplies for my design class. The materials I purchased with the scholarship will help me throughout my entire college career. I have attached two photos of all of the materials I have purchased using the scholarship. Again, I sincerely thank you and the rest of the guild.
Hope Worth
Fashion Design Major
Philadelphia University
See October 2017 Newsletter , page 6 for the photos.
Regan Dunleavy, West Chester - $250 Scholarship
“I am currently a sophomore Fiber Major with a concentration in Experimental Fashion at the Maryland Institute College of Art. The past two years I have been fortunate enough to have received the Brandywine Valley Quilter’s Guild Scholarship. This scholarship has allowed me to obtain the materials necessary to grow my skills a textile artist. My work over this past year has been process-oriented. I thoroughly enjoy creating all elements of an object from start to finish. This often includes manipulating the surface of fabric with shibori techniques, batik, and screen printing. With the textiles I have designed, I then bring them into three-dimensional forms, whether that is a garment, a quilt, or a life size animal.
BVQ 2016 Scholarships Awarded
The Scholarship Committee recommended the following grants and scholarships which the Board of Trustees approved.
MELMARK MEADOWS PROGRAM (Berwyn, PA): $500
The mission of Melmark is to serve children, adults, and their families affected by a broad range of intellectual disabilities. They provide evidence-based educational, vocational, clinical, residential, healthcare, and rehabilitative services, personally designed for each individual in a safe environment of warmth, care, and respect. The Fiber Arts Workshop of the Meadows works with various textiles to create superior crafts. The workshop hosts 5 adults who love needlepoint, 34 knitters, and 9 additional people who are learning the basics of using a Knifty Knitter. Many of the participants also work on weaving projects to make rug runners, placemats and other items. They plan to use the funding to purchase needlepoint material like scrims and yarn, fabrics for weaving projects, warp yarn for the looms, and Knifty Knitters and knitting needles.
BRANDYWINE HIGH SCHOOL(Wilmington, DE): $500
This grant will fund an AP (Advanced Placement) project with students who are experimenting with dyeing fabrics, designing and making a quilt. The completed project will be on display in the school or district office. Funds will also allow students to take a field trip to see quilts and fiber art exhibits. As many students as possible will be involved in making batik fabrics and the quilt.
SCHOLARSHIP TO RACHEL DUNLEAVY
(Maryland Institute College of Art): $500
This scholarship is being awarded to last year’s recipient to continue her fiber art education. Rachel is entering her sophomore year, majoring in Fiber with a possible concentration in Experimental Fashion. She will be furthering her knowledge of dye, as well as learning other crafts in the world of fiber. Next year, she hopes to participate in her school’s annual fashion show and will use the funds from this scholarship to enhance her participation.
The Scholarship Committee recommended the following grants and scholarships which the Board of Trustees approved.
MELMARK MEADOWS PROGRAM (Berwyn, PA): $500
The mission of Melmark is to serve children, adults, and their families affected by a broad range of intellectual disabilities. They provide evidence-based educational, vocational, clinical, residential, healthcare, and rehabilitative services, personally designed for each individual in a safe environment of warmth, care, and respect. The Fiber Arts Workshop of the Meadows works with various textiles to create superior crafts. The workshop hosts 5 adults who love needlepoint, 34 knitters, and 9 additional people who are learning the basics of using a Knifty Knitter. Many of the participants also work on weaving projects to make rug runners, placemats and other items. They plan to use the funding to purchase needlepoint material like scrims and yarn, fabrics for weaving projects, warp yarn for the looms, and Knifty Knitters and knitting needles.
BRANDYWINE HIGH SCHOOL(Wilmington, DE): $500
This grant will fund an AP (Advanced Placement) project with students who are experimenting with dyeing fabrics, designing and making a quilt. The completed project will be on display in the school or district office. Funds will also allow students to take a field trip to see quilts and fiber art exhibits. As many students as possible will be involved in making batik fabrics and the quilt.
SCHOLARSHIP TO RACHEL DUNLEAVY
(Maryland Institute College of Art): $500
This scholarship is being awarded to last year’s recipient to continue her fiber art education. Rachel is entering her sophomore year, majoring in Fiber with a possible concentration in Experimental Fashion. She will be furthering her knowledge of dye, as well as learning other crafts in the world of fiber. Next year, she hopes to participate in her school’s annual fashion show and will use the funds from this scholarship to enhance her participation.
2015 Scholarships Awarded
A total of $1,250 was awarded to these worthy candidates:
$500 Scholarship to a senior at Downingtown West High School
She will be using the scholarship for art supplies for college in the fall when she attends Maryland Institute College of Art. Last summer she attended the precollege courses at Maryland Institute where she made several pieces of clothing out of paper and took painting and sculpture classes. She wrote us, "I know that I want my career to be focused around the manipulation of textiles but I am still undecided whether I will make clothing, sculptures or simply design fabrics."
$250 to Cab Calloway Summer School of the Arts ('CabSummer') in Wilmington, DE
The funds will go to providing materials for 10 economically disadvantaged kids this summer. In 2015, their 6th year, they will serve approximately 650 individual campers for 65 individual arts-related courses. The funds will go toward the courses teaching sewing skills.
$250 to Fashion Patrol of Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania
The Fashion Patrol is an older Girl Scout magnet group for girls 6-12th grade with a passion for fashion. They hold monthly sleepover workshops on many sewing topics. They have held a Fashion Runway where the girls have 24 hours to redesign an "ugly bridesmaid" dress into a creation of their own and wear it on the runway. Other workshops include costume play, recycled fashions, Baby Bundles, fiber workshops trying out a spinning wheel and drop spindle, needle felting, knitting, crochet and locker hooking. They will use the funds to get some dress forms that are used in their workshops and to help girls to go to Summer Arts Programs offered at local colleges.
$250 to Sewing Classes at Rockwood Museum sponsored by the New Castle Co. Division of Community Service.
The program teaches sewing basics to girls in the Wilmington area at the Rockwood Museum located in Wilmington, DE. They learn to use a sewing machine and have made small, simple quilts for Project Linus, a bandana backpack and cat and dog beds for Faithful Friends of the Delaware Humane Society. The funds will be used toward the purchase of sewing machines and fabric.
2014 Scholarship Awarded
The Cab Calloway School of the Arts Summer Camp was held at McKean High School in Wilmington, Delaware.
During the summer of 2014, Brandywine Valley Quilt Guild made it possible for five girls (one girl for each of five weeks) to go to a session at no cost to her. Each girl attended a one-week summer school program to learn to sew and use a sewing machine. The older girls learned about a sewing machine and made a piece of clothing.
It was a full day of sewing classes with breaks in the morning and afternoon and one session a day in the gym. On Friday the parents came to see what the girls had accomplished during the week.
We hope the girls enjoyed this experience and perhaps someday they will find a quilting passion and join BVQ!