Make a Welcome Blanket!

Everyone is welcome to craft a Welcome Blanket. All mediums are welcome. We even have a pattern to try, and some wonderful examples. Here are the design guidelines:

  1. 40”X40”

  2. Easy to care for and

  3. Hard to give away (it should hurt a little bit because you love it so much!)

 

Write a Welcome Note

With your Welcome Blanket, please include a story important to your family about immigration, migration, or relocation along with some words of welcome for the recipient of your Welcome Blanket gift

Please also include your name (anonymous is ok!), city/state, and care instructions.

 

Send your Welcome Blanket gift to our rotating host

Welcome Blanket has operated continuously since 2017. We are grateful to our hosts who act as collection points.

Please log your Welcome Blanket online prior to sending to help us with our archive and so we can share your gorgeous contribution to this national project!

We are currently running Welcome Blanket On Call — we are thrilled to be continuing with Miry’s List. Here’s their address:

Welcome Blanket
c/o Miry’s List
2272 Colorado Blvd. #1170
Los Angeles, CA 90041

Please share your experience in person and online using @welcomeblanket and #welcomeblanket

Please note: By sending or giving your piece to Welcome Blanket Project, you are permanently gifting and granting all rights with regard to the piece to the project. In particular, you are acknowledging that it may be posted on social media, licensed for materials (for example: books, t-shirts, catalogs) associated with the project and possibly exhibited at multiple locations prior to being gifted to a new American neighbor. The goals of Welcome Blanket Project include exhibition and publication. Many other options are being explored. The Museum would also love for you to fill out this release to make sure all “i”s and “t”s are crossed.

Yes, Welcome Blanket is a 501c3 with Tax I.D. #82-3710231.

After the show…

Post-exhibition, Welcome Blankets are gifted thoughtfully to a refugee settling in the United States through one of our many refugee resettlement partners. Over 7500 Welcome Blankets have been made and gifted. Be part of the movement to welcome!

GROUPS!

Welcome Blanket Chapters have been forming across the country: at schools, service groups, crafting guilds, and libraries. If you and your group are interested in getting started, please get in touch.

Volunteer Opportunities

If you are in LA, or would like to help out from afar, please fill out this form.