In response to the overwhelming tragedy of the explosion of the Columbia space shuttle, an American quilter, Becky, started coordinating efforts to make one comfort quilt for the family of each astronaut, i.e. 7 quilts in all. The guidelines were for a 10" finished block. Other quilters contributed batting, backing, and money for postage. A Yahoo group (comfort squad) was created for the purpose of having one central contact point. The group has since changed to being a general charity quilt group.

Unfortunately, I didn't keep notes of the quilt coordination process and although I was aware of an online news article from the Alexandria-Pineville, Louisiana "Town Talk" that specifically spoke of these quilts, the link is no longer available. I didn't think to save a copy of the content for myself.

I made a menorah block for the quilt of Ilan Ramon, the Israeli astronaut. The paper pieced pattern came from Paper Panache and is still available as the Hanukkah Block, #510HB.

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