Quilt For A Cause News

Scraphunter's Star2

When Dorothy Lee came up with a solid star variation of the very popular Scraphunter’s Star pattern, quilt pattern designer Evelyn George turned it into a new pattern……Scraphunter’s Star2……as another fundraiser for Quilt for a Cause, Inc.

Like the first Scraphunter’s Star pattern, the second one is fat quarter friendly with easy rotary cutting and quick piecing methods, making it possible to create a scrappy Hunter’s Star with no templates or “Y” seams.  The pattern includes multiple layouts, yardage, and instructions for quilts in 5 sizes from lap to king.

To purchase Scraphunter’s Star2 contact info@quiltforacause.org.  The pattern sells for $10 plus postage.

Thanks Calamity Jain for design and graphic assistance, John Sartin for the photographs and Donna Mitchell of Thread Technologies for the longarm quilting.

Patterns are available at Catalina Quilting, The Quilter’s Market, Cactus Quilt Shop, and Quilter’s Desert Patch.  Kits are available from Catalina Quilting.

Once again…..Quilt for a Cause, Inc. has done it.  A whopping $113,000 was raised from donations, grants, and the sale of 284 beautiful quilts at their Silent/Live Auction held at the Tucson Medical Center on Saturday, October 3, 2009.  Although more than 600 quilters participated from 30 States and 3 Provinces of Canada, 90% of the quilts were donated by members of the Tucson Quilter’s Guild.

The proceeds from this year’s Auction were distributed between the Tucson Medical Center Foundation and St. Elizabeth’s of Hungary Clinic.  The Tucson Medical Center will be using a part of their portion to fund the Joel Childers Teaching Series ($35,000) for training OB/GYN doctors from around the country on the latest surgical procedures.  Another $10,000 will be spent on breast cancer screening for uninsured and underinsured women.  The remaining $46,000 will be spent on updating or purchasing equipment for TMC’s GYN state of the art surgical center.  St. Elizabeth’s of Hungary Clinic will be using their portion towards helping their patients with breast cancer procedures.

Over the past 6 years, three quilt auctions have taken place at TMC and more than a quarter of a million dollars have been raised for women’s cancers within the Tucson area.  The success of these auctions could not have been successful without the generousity of everyone involved.