A friend and I do a community quilting class every month. It's free and we get donations of fabric to use for quilts to give away. Wlamart gives us a gift card to use for supplies so check there too. You will need to have the pastor sign a reaquest for fabric or funds on the church letter head paper. This makes it much easier for companies to donate and have it on file as non profit. A personal request is usually not accepted by big companies or manufacturers. Also thread companies will send thread if requests are made for a legit non profit.