The 2008 NSQG Raffle Quilt was made by Bea Bauerle of Champion, Nebraska.  Bea has made several hundred quilts of different sizes and many designs.  In her town, they call her the “Quilt Lady” because she is known for her quilting expertise.  She has taught many classes to new and experienced quilters in her area and she has helped her three daughters and four grand-daughters learn about quilting.  She received the Golden Thread Award in 1994, has served as her district representative, and this year, serves as president of NSQG.  

The quilt is an off-white, whole cloth quilt, completely hand quilted by Bea.  The design is called “Pineapple Delight”, with a pineapple medallion as the focal point and lattice work coming out from the center design.  To hand quilt Pineapple Delight, approximately 500 yards of quilting thread was used or over 18,000 inches. It is estimated that the quilt has over 180,000 hand quilted stitches. The quilt took over 730 hours to quilt.