$75,000!

"Escape" earned $$ for AAQI

All I can say is WOW and a huge “Thank you!” to all who purchased AAQI Priority Quilts at the Houston show! And of course a huge appreciation hug to the volunteers, it wouldn’t have happened without you.

AAQI Press Release (excerpt) – (Burton, MI) November 7, 2012: The Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI) raised $75,000 selling small format art quilts at International Quilt Festival (IQF) in Houston, Texas, October 31 through November 4, 2012.

Volunteers sold 1,597 Priority: Alzheimer’s Quilts (mini quilts measuring 9″ x 12″ or less) breaking all previous sales records for the all-volunteer nonprofit.

A piece of fall from “Seasonal Triptych”

By Ann Scott

I started sewing and designing using fabric, thread, and paper when I was a child. I taught myself to make quilts, at first not following the "rules," then watched some experts, learned the rules, and made many hand quilted and appliqued quilts. I spent years focusing on miniature landscape quilts. Now I am a fiber and mixed media artist and that encompasses everything I have a passion for. I have taught, lectured, and my work have show nationally and internationally, some pieces have been published.