The
Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI) "Name Quilts" are becoming available and the first 26 of them are up for bidding in the March auction.
The name quilts are part of "Alzheimer's Illustrated: From Heartbreak to Hope" a nationally touring exhibit of quilts about Alzheimer's sponsored by the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative.
The exhibit began touring in 2011 and will travel until the end of September 2013 for a total of 14 showings.
The exhibit features 236 quilts: 182 Name Quilts and 54 Priority: Alzheimer's Quilts selected for their Alzheimer's related theme.
Name Quilts measure about 6 inches wide about 7 feet long. They have Velcro tabs instead sleeves. Each has about 55 purple patches, each marked with the name of a person who has/had Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia, written by a friend or family member.
The "wrong" side of the fabric patches are showing. The color intentionally faded. The bright side of the cloth, full of the color and pattern of life, has been turned to the inside of the quilt, never to be seen again.
These quilts honor the 5.4 million people in the United States who have Alzheimer's.
Quilts will be folded and shipped to you in a legal size priority flat rate mailer for approximately $5.25.
If you win more than one auction between now and October we will only combine orders and ship your winning quilts together in one box if you tell us in the comment section of your order.
For More info from Ami Simms, Executive Director of the
Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI), read here ....http://www.alzquilts.org/quiltauction.html
The March Online Quilt Auction Has Begun!
Own a piece of history! Name Quilts #1-#26 from the AAQI's traveling
exhibit "Alzheimer's Illustrated: From Heartbreak to Hope" (see video
below) are on
auction now through March 10. To see if your loved one's name is on one of the 26 auction quilts offered during March, search
here.
Our online auctions run during the first 10 days of every month. All profits fund Alzheimer's research.
My thoughts on finally being able to tour the exhibit:
Michele Bilyeu, Salem OR
Michele Bilyeu blogs
With Heart and Hands as she shares a quilting journey through her life in Salem, Oregon and Douglas, Alaska and all of her
AAQI Quilting. Sharing thousands of links to
Free Quilt and Quilt Block Patterns and encouraging others to join in the
Liberated Quilting Challenge and make or donate small art quilts to the
Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI) Help us change the world, one little quilt at a time!
