Each year, skilled quilters handcraft a quilt to be raffled off during the Holiday Bazaar.  The drawing will take place Sunday, November 4, at 4:45 p.m.; you do not need to be present to win. This year, in addition to the quilt, a second raffle prize is offered.

All proceeds are used to benefit the Fort Lewis Community.

This quilt was made as an artistic representation of the Fort Lewis community and Washington State. With Mount  Rainier as the background, silhouettes were added of Old Mike, a grape vine, an apple tree branch, an eagle clutching a salmon, a plane to represent Boeing and McChord Air Force Base and, most significantly, the old gate to Fort Lewis. Hidden in the background is a raccoon, a common pest to Fort Lewis residents. Chris Turner provided the inspiration for the quilt, as well as fabric and batting; and she also did the actual quilting. Others who contributed time, fabric and insight to the quilt include Diana Avery, Andrea Clark, Margaret Davis, Geri Schnitzer and Claire Snow (listed alphabetically). It was completed at Fort Lewis, Washington, July 2007 for the Officer’s Spouses’ Club’s annual raffle.

A second raffle prize is from the Kate Larson Studio: a Giclee Reproduction on Watercolor Paper signed and numbered limited edition of 100.

Purchase raffle tickets ($2 each) at the following times and locations:

Monday, 1 October; 10:30-2:30 at the Mini Mall
Wednesday, 17 October; 6-8:30 at the Bowling Alley
Monday, 29 October; 10-2 at Madigan (the ground floor Lab breezeway)
Tuesday, 30 October; 8-11 at Newcomers Orientation
Saturday, 3 November; 10-6 at the Bazaar
Sunday, 4 November; 12-4:30 at the Bazaar