Quilt For A Cause News

At Home with Nature

 Patricia Votruba of San Diego made a quilt in honor of her friend Cindy who was diagnosed with breast cancer for the 2006 auction.  This past year she made one for her friend Kirsten who was diagnosed with adrenal cancer.  A friendly bidding battle ensued among Kirsten’s family members to be the one who paid the most for the privilege of handing the quilt to their loved one.  Thank you for your generous donation.

The second quilt was sold on the East coast.  Lucille Fiske’s brother and sister travelled to Hawaii and found a lovely pattern for this Hawaiian quilt.  Knowing that she would never make the quilt, Jeanne gave the pattern to Lucille who made the quilt and sold it back to her brother and Jeanne.  Their nice donaton went to Quilt for a Cause.

 Donations of quilts need not be sent into Tucson for the Live/Silent Auction.  They can be sold at any location with the proceeds going towards Quilt for a Cause.  Contact Jeannie Coleman (auction@quiltforacause.org) for information about this process.

Carol & Evelyn in QFAC booth

What a weekend for Quilt for a Cause, Inc. at the Tucson Quilt Fiesta, 2009.  Carol Zupancic’s gorgeous booth design captivated the interest of show visitors.  Quilts made from the pattern “Scraphunter’s Star”, designed by Evelyn George, were showcased along with several donated quilts for the upcoming Silent/Live Auction on October 3, 2009 at the Tucson Medical Center.  With energizer bunny Carol’s enthusiasm and Evelyn George signing the Scraphunter’s pattern that she designed, close to 100 of the patterns sold within the first day.  A quick reprint was done with another 100 being sold the next two days.  The pattern is now into its fourth printing.  Catalina  Quilting has made kits from “Scraphunter’s Star” for shows at which they are vendors.

Lots of QFAC collectible pins and tickets to the Calendar Girls Fashion Shows were also sold.  Contact Dorothy Lee (info@quiltforacause.org) or Evelyn George (quilter4ever@cox.net) for patterns, Carol Zupancic (cdzup@wbhsi.net) for information on the Calendar Girls Fashion Shows, and Jeannie Coleman (auction@quiltforacause.org) for QFAC pins.

The Quilt for a Cause banner, designed by Jennie Jim, made its debut in the booth.  The banner will be prominently displayed at forthcoming events.

Thanks to the Tucson Quilters Guild for providing this space to Quilt for a Cause.

A donation of $10,000 was granted to Quilt for a Cause, Inc. by the William and Mary Ross Foundation.  This is a private foundation located in Tucson, Arizona.

A smaller grant was also received from the Earl & Margery C. Chapman Foundation of Hawaii.

Contact  Phyllis Spalla (donations@quiltforacause.org) for more information about making a donation.

Scraphunter

Good news! The pattern for Evelyn George’s mystery quilt from our 2008 Mystery Retreat fundraiser is now available for $10.00. “Scraphunter’s Star” is available in five sizes (60″ x 60″, twin, short queen, long queen and king) and 20 new layouts. Of course, it is no longer a mystery. There are traditional instructions, fuller illustrations, and photos of the finished quilt. This easy, scrappy quilt is fat quarter friendly.

Thanks to Calamity Jain for design and graphic assistance, to John Sartin for the photographs, and to Reproductions Inc. for printing these patterns.  Thank you, Donata Pfisterer for a third printing of this pattern.  We are now in the 5th printing.

Patterns are available at Catalina Quilting, Quilter’s Market, Cactus Quilt Shop, and Quilters’ Desert Patch.  It is also available as a kit from Catalina Quilting.

Contact Dorothy Lee (info@quiltforacause.org) to purchase the pattern for $10.00 plus postage.

QFAC Calendar Girls for April

The first Calendar Girls Fashion Show was held on Saturday, February 28th at the Vista de la Montana United Methodist Church.  Close to 200 were in attendance at this unusual afternoon filled with fun and fashions including wearable quilts and garments representing every month of the year.

This show was created and directed by Board Member Carol Zupancic to raise money to help in the fight against women’s cancers.

Under the leadership of Karen Anderson, the Quilters II group from the Voyager RV Resort hosted the second Calendar Girls Fashion Show.  This event showcasing a fashion show, tea, sinfully wonderful dessert, and favors was held on Saturday, March 28th before a lively group of over 300 participants.  Guests included Mary Lou Levesque, one of QFAC’s 2009 Honorary co-chairpersons and Liz McMahon, Master of Ceremonies.  After the cat walk by the QFAC Board members, numerous raffle items contributed by members of the Quilters II, were given out. 

More than $5,000 was raised between the two shows to help in the fight against breast and gynecological cancers. 

Please call Carol Zupancic at (520) 825-6957 or e-mail her at outreach@quiltforacause.org to schedule a Calendar Girls Fashion Show.