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SUNSET BEACH, CALIF<\/a>.– Quilts can be functional, but they also may tell stories. The quilt in left photo is the current grand prize in a drawing to raise money for community programs such as music in schools. The causes are worthy ones, and if you have the winning ticket, you get a one-of-a-kind, professionally-sewn quilt created by the all-volunteer Las Damas organization. It’s a gift filled with meaning, and a tradition of giving that began in 1976 when the first quilt was constructed.\u00a0Each year some 30 volunteers (give or take a few,) select icons reflecting the local environment such as sunshine, the beach, the ocean, flip flop sandals, sailboats, whales, a seahorse and a shovel & pail, and create them on equally sized squares for the fun-filled blanket. \u00a0If you are interested in purchasing tickets for this item, they cost around $5 each. \u00a0The drawing takes place on Mother’s Day, May 12, 2013 during the Sunset Beach Art Festival<\/a>\u00a0and the winner is not required to be present. Contact\u00a0Aurea Hoad\u00a0\u00a0aurea2@aol.com\u00a0 for more information or see sunsetbeachartfestival.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SUNSET BEACH, CALIF.– Quilts can be functional, but they also may tell stories. The quilt in left photo is the current grand prize in a drawing to raise money for community programs such as music in schools. The causes are worthy ones, and if you have the winning ticket, you get a one-of-a-kind, professionally-sewn quilt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11942"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}