Moonlight Quilters
Community Service 2006
Committee Chair:
Julia M.
This year the Super Quilt Sundays were held at Fourth Corner Quilts in Bellingham.
Community Service in 2006
Congratulations to Linda St. Andre for winning the SISU raffle quilt! What a fabulous win! Quilt Pink was a HUGE success with 24 pink and white quilts completed in two days! Fourth Corner Quilts and Fabric-Etc worked together with the quilting community to create these quilts for an online auction to raise money for breast cancer research through the Susan G. Komen foundation. For more information on this project check out the website: www.quiltpink.com and stop by the shops to see some of the finished quilts.
Super Quilt Sunday was held on October 22nd from 9 am to 1 pm at Fourth Corner Quilts with six of us in attendance: Natalie Hunskor, Nikki Crisp, Pat Button, Rose Thorne, Florence Di Julio and Julia Menkee.
Some of these folks had just "quilted their brains out" at the recent Quilt Pink event and the Moonlighter's Retreat but that didn't stop them from coming to help. Florence brought two beautiful lap sized tops and Nikki quilted them with a professional touch. Natalie put together 9-patches she received in an exchange. Rose put together some intricate patchwork blocks that Julia won in an exchange for a large lap quilt. Julia quilted one small Trip Around the World that was donated. All of these quilts will go to the infusion center. Florence added borders on a quilt pink top and Pat added a binding to one. It was a fun morning with much accomplished. If you would like to contribute to our community quilt events please call Julia at 714-0070.
Until next time,
Julia
Community Service Projects from previous years:
Each year Moonlight Quilters gives back to the community through their love of quilting.
- In 2005 six bed sized log cabin quilts were donated to the Red Cross emergency relief. Several table runners were donated to SISU for their fundraising auction and 5 lap quilts were completed for Bonnie's Team to be given to patients at the infusion center.
- In 2004 a beautiful Boston Commons quilt was donated to Faith Lutheran Church, where we hold our monthly meetings. Lap quilts were constructed using kits of donated fabric.
- In 2003 quilts were donated to many local agencies and organizations
- In 2002 members displayed quilts in the Infusion Center at St. Joseph's Hospital to cheer patients and staff. This rotating quilt display was enjoyed by all.
- Guild members continue to donate time, fabric and orphan blocks which are stitched into lap sized quilts. These quilts are donated in the guild's name to Bonnie's Team in memory of Bonnie De Spain, a local quilter who was lost to breast cancer in 2000. The finished quilts are given to cancer patients being treated through the Infusion Center.