AAQI Auction continued

My quilt, "Gaps," has gotten several bids so far by at least three different people. I'm excited and grateful. Last I looked it was up to $310, which all goes towards research towards a cure for Alzheimer's.

The auction continues through August 10th 10 pm EST.

The link was on the previous post if you would like to take a peek at all the quilts up for auction.

Alzheimer's Breakthrough thanks to quilters!

Ami Simms has announced that one of the studies funded by the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative has yielded positive results!

According to Ami, "Scientists that we financed basically created a molecule that is able to break up the plaques in the brain that may be responsible for cell death in Alzheimer's. In smaller pieces, it may be possible for them to be removed. Much more work needs to be done, but this is certainly promising."

Go to the AAQI Update blog for more information. Here's the blog address: http://www.aaqiupdate.wordpress.com/

I am so proud to have been a small part of this. I had a quilt in their travelling exhibit that was called "Alzheimer's: Forgetting Piece by Piece," which wound up its run recently at the Sherbourne Museum in Sherbourne, Vermont.

Alzheimer's: Forgetting Piece by Piece exhibit

The Alzheimer's: Forgetting Piece by Piece exhibit has been touring the country for over five years, winding up this month at the Sherburne Museum in Sherburne, Vermont. I am proud that my quilt, "Gaps," was part of this exhibit. As part of the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative, over $421,000 has been raised and donated to research for a cure for this horrible disease.

The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative lives on, through monthly quilt auctions and another travelling quilt exhibit. I donated my quilt to the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative so they can auction it off at some point, along with other quilts. I hope that I will be able to give a heads up when it is auctioned off.

Ami didn't want us to display photos of our quilts while they were on tour, but now that it's over, I'm assuming it's okay. I will download a photo of "Gaps" as soon as I track it down. For more info on the AAQI, go to http://www.alzquilts.org/

The Alzheimer's Project, and Auction

I understand there will be an important series about Alzheimer's coming up on HBO. It's called "The Alzheimer's Project," and it begins this Sunday. I'll be watching. They interviewed Maria Shriver on Good Morning America this morning. She has something to do with the series, and her father has Alzheimer's. She calls herself "a child of Alzheimer's," and so guess that makes me one, too.

In the meantime, there is an auction to raise money for a cure for Alzheimer's. There's still time to make a bid on 26 small quilts. The auction ends on Mother's Day at 10pm EST. It's all for a great cause.

Here's the link: http://www.alzquilts.org/quiltauction.html