All the fabrics used for the quilt top were donated by guild members including the Singer Sewing Center.  No shopping today, darn!  The fabrics were cut during the June 2016 chapters community service meeting.  Ten members participated in making twelve 16” blocks of various size stars.   The center block fabric was “prepared for dying” (PFD) fabric.  The star points were made up of brightly colored fabrics.

With all the blocks made, the children of the RMH were assembled for a finger painting party with the larger resident’s hand prints and baby’s foot prints strategically placed on the PFD squares of all stars.  Next the blocks were sewn together.  Once the borders were added it was time to head to the local quilt shop ‘Heirloom Elegance’ where the owner allows use of the long arm for charity quilts.  Two hours later the quilting was completed, the binding was then added and not a day to soon.

The next day, Gala’s guest speaker, Mr. ‘Tony Parker #9 of the San Antonio Spurs came to the RMH and generously signed the quilt and wrote “Go Spurs!”

The evening of September 1, 2016 the ‘Casa de Amor’ Gala brought friends and families of the RMH together.  Food, conversation, and merriment could not have prepared the four Corpus Christi ASG members attending for the big surprise to come.  The live auction bid for the quilt happened in less than a minute, it happened so quickly, final bid $25,000.00!  Yes, twenty-five thousand.  Executive Director Michelle Horine came running and screaming, “Can you believe it?”

2016 is the third year the Corpus Christi Chapter has partnered with the RMH in raising monies to assist the families of sick children by sewing and donating a special quilt each year.  To date monies raised from donated quilts total nearly $50,000.00.