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May 13, 2009

Marine Moms-Bethesda is having a quilt raffle to raise money for their luncheons.

 

I love quilts, have made a few myself although nothing like this one.

 

I thought I would post some pictures of the squares from

"Baskets of Love".

One of our Elfs made it and it is gorgeous.

 

Twin size, just the right size to curl up under in a chair to read a book. 

 

When I went over to Chris' house to look at it and to pick some other  things up from her for Bethesda, I had it wrapped all around me without even realizing it as we were talking.

 

I was telling her about how we had taken one of the quilts she had made and wrapped a Marine Mom up in it

on 5 East.

"Look at YOU!", she said. Sure enough, I had it around my shoulders, hugging it tightly.

 

She told me she has $100.00 in the fabric and $300.00 in the quilting.  She had the longarm quilter do custom stitching on it. This doesn't include the time she herself has put into the quilt, cutting it out, piecing it and stitching it together.

 

Chris said she made the quilt with the troops in mind. She really believes in what we are doing at Bethesda and wanted to donate the quilt to us.

 

Quilting is her passion.

You can tell by seeing her handiwork.

We have a luncheon scheduled every month for the rest of the year at the hospital and the proceeds from the raffle will go a long way toward helping us with the cost of them.

 

We'll be rotating the luncheons between 5 East and Mercy Hall.

 

 

 

 

Or wouldn't it be nice to help a disabled Marine get set up with a business, say... doing t-shirts or mugs from his home...

 

The machines to do this don't cost that much - could be done for under $2,000.00.

 

It's not always easy transitioning back into civilian life...

 

 

Or expand to another place like Brooke or Balboa or one of the other Wounded Warriror Regiments.

Who knows... maybe next year we'll be able to do one a month at each place.

 

 

We would need more funding to do this... and more help. 

These are just a few of the dreams I have for where Marine Moms-Betheda could go...

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to learn more about the quilt raffle you can find it here.