This was a challenge accepted by members of the Quiltart mailing list who needed a diversion from all the talk of going to Houston, since we were not going. The challenge was to make one or more Priority Quilts for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative. The Priority: Alzheimer's Quilts project, is named for both the urgent need for research dollars and the requirement that these quilts must fit into a cardboard USPS priority mailer without folding. They are small works of art no larger than 9 inches by 12 inches, auctioned on the first day of each month on the AAQI site or sold outright on the Internet or at selected venues across the United States.
This year, for the first time, we had sponsors! Lois Jarvis of Rust-Tex donated a piece of her signature rust dyed line of fabric about 10.5"-11" square to each participant who sent in her name and snail mail address. PLUS, she is donating $5 for each of 22 registered quilts that used her fabric. Then, when the challenge was met, each participant who provided at least one proof of registration was given a choice of a hand dyed cotton fat quarter or a hand dyed piece of silk velvet from Beth Hartford of Quilters Stitch Together.
Here are the results! Click on the image to get a better view then use the "Back" button to come back to the gallery.
