About Us

In the Autumn of 1993 about ten PPQG members formed a group and met at a quilt shop once a week to make quilts for charity. This group would later be known as Connecting Threads. This group made ten quilts, thirty-six inches square for the Labour rooms at the Regina General Hospital where they were hung on the walls in large plastic frames, and it was hoped they would bring comfort to the mothers to be. Another quilt was raffled to raise money to purchase the frames.

Connecting Threads took on the project of making quilts for preemie babies at the Regina General Hospital. The PPQG assumed financial responsibility for the group in 1999 and raised funds through bi-annual quilt raffles and corporate grants.

In the past 9 years, 4877 quilts, 2450 placemats and 2079 pillowcases and 848 other items have been donated.

In 2023, we donated 668 quilts to the community. 160 quilts were donated to the NICU and 229 quilts to the Pediatric and Adolescent Inpatient and Outpatient Units at the Regina General Hospital and Wascana Rehab Centre for kids with life threatening illnesses and those in a traumatic situation, 81 to 4 Directions Community Health Centre, 82 to Allan Blair CancerClinic, 78 to KidsFirst, 28 to adults with advanced cancer through the Cardio Science Unit at RGH and 10 to other organizations. 253 pillowcases were donated to the women’s shelters in Regina. We also made 120 chemo bottle bags which were donated to the Pasqua Hospital.

In January 2024 the PPQG approved to have Connecting Threads incorporate and apply for Charitable Status. In February 2024 Connecting Threads changed their name to Connected Threads Network Inc and became an incorporated entity.