We are a bit late getting this raffle off the ground. There is not really a good excuse. I think we’ve sold about 250 quilt tickets. However, here is the 2024 Mendota Cemetery Quilt. This quilt raffle raises money that goes directly to the Mendota Cemetery Association and contributes to our having this beautiful, well maintained cemetery in our community.

I think this is a pretty quilt. However, if you are looking for a very difficult, unique quilt block pattern, you’ll be disappointed (I made it…I have to work with the skillset I have)! However, I am pretty good at picking out beautiful fabric, doing a simple assembly then….the quilting is absolutely exquisite. (I did not quilt the quilt.). It fits a queen size bed.

Look at the fun pattern…can you see the flowers that are stitched everywhere? My mother, Vivian Barker, inspired this quilt. She loved polka dots, and a great deal of the fabric used in the quilt has polka dots. Polka dots or flowers. The entire back of the quilt is polka dots. Mother called them “Pokey Dots.”

But, while the quilt is beautiful, the reason we have the raffle is better. It supports our beautiful cemetery where we have never charged a family in need. Our hope is that those who have family members buried there do not forget this and provide a small donation annually. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always occur; and there is a need for additional fundraising. Thus, the quilt raffle.

Here are a few pictures to remind everyone of just how pretty our Mendota Cemetery is…

If you wish to support our 2024 Quilt Raffle, the tickets are $1.00 each. Katie Harris has been kind enough to allow us to place the quilt in The Store@Mendota where you may purchase raffle tickets. If you wish to contact me directly for tickets, please do so. I’ll be happy to help.

Thank you for considering supporting the Mendota Cemetery Association and our quilt raffle.