A quilt for the convent

So, today as I was taking a shower and pondering my day, I had a flash of inspiration....

I have been thinking about four things:
1. My sister Katherine is finishing up her year of canonnical study and will be home for a visit at the end of June.
2. I have a stash of fabric that I have been thinking about purging, or at least thinning out.
3. I want to make a quilt.... something to do with it being summer and too hot to knit comfortably makes me want to sew.
4. My sister Katherine's student loan debt is still around $3000 and my DH will NOT let me write a check to pay it off. (and I don't like the idea that my parents are saddled with that debt)

And then it came to me! If I make a quilt (for a double size bed) and then raffle it off for $10 a ticket, I think it is possible to raise the money to pay off her student loan debt. It's 300 tickets.
My sister Mary is willing to help sell tickets. My parents are willing to help sell tickets. I am willing to sell tickets. I think it is do-able.

Then I talked to my mom some more and realized my parents had also taken out loans to help put Katherine through college. So if I go beyond the goal of $3000, anything in addition will go toward retiring the rest of the debt incurred by my family to put Katherine through college. If we somehow manage to retire ALL of that debt, the rest will go to a charity. Unclear which charity at this point.

So keep me and these efforts in your prayers.

I'll have pictures and updates shortly.

:)

Sara