Airedale Rescue Quilting Bee: EARLY 'DALE DRAWING NO. 12

EARLY ‘DALE DRAWING NO. 12 BEGINS TODAY!
THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE PRIZES.
Anyone who makes a donation between Thursday, September 11th at 12:01 AM PST and Saturday, September 13th at 8 PM EDT is eligible to participate in this drawing.

NO. 12A - CERAMIC DOG BOWL WITH STAND
WINNER: LINDA MCVEY OF SO. SURREY, BC, CANADA

Made and donated by Jennifer Fier

Size: Approximately 14 inches tall by 11 inches wide. Airedale is a dark red.

Jennifer is an Architect, with interest in cooking and pottery. She has been making pottery since 1972. Jennifer has 2 dogs who she cooks two meals a day for. “It occurred to me one day watching them eat that bending over to eat cannot be very conducive to digesting so I thought I could make standing dog bowls at the pottery studio I belong to”. The standing dog bowls are made from porcelain but are not very thin walls which makes them sturdier for the dogs. It is a very high fire porcelain which also aids their strength and durability. The one for the quilting bee event is white and dark red with Airedales as decorations.

NO. 12B - AIREDALE OTTER PRINT & AIREKNIT CAP
WINNER: JUDY NUTTER OF WHITE SALMON, WA

AIREDALE OTTER PRINT (unframed)
Donated by Artist Ann Curran of Ragtail Airedales

Signed Print. The picture is A4 so it fits a standard certificate frame. If your paper sizes are different, its 8.25 inches by just over 11.5 inches long.

Closeup of Print

(this looks like my Pinky when she's on the hunt!)

AND

AIREKNIT CAP
Made and donated by Sue Senerchia

Hand knitted cap measuring approximately 7 inches in circumference at the bottom and 8 inches high. Virginia Slowik received one from Sue this past winter and LOVES hers. She wore it every day when she took Basil for his long walks.

NO. 12C - SET OF 2 MUDPUP PORCELAIN GIFT TAGS
WINNER: JOYCE T. FERREIRA OF SOMERSET, MA
Made and donated by Wendy Hodgson

www.wendyhodgson.net

www.facebook.com/mudpups

Porcelain Gift Tags

Porcelain Airedale tags are available in two sizes - Medium 3in/8cm or Small 2.25in/6cm. Measurement is nose to tip of tail. This incentive has one of each size.

Each tag is handmade using Southern Ice Porcelain. Next the ears and eyes are added, then the furry beard and legs are created. The tags are fired to stoneware. As you can see, the larger tag has a heart cutout. This incentive includes one of each size.

Why the Last Quilt?

For the last few years, it has become increasingly harder to find volunteers to run/manage the Bee. The steering committee has done all it can, but is retiring. We want to be very clear, it is not a financial issue for the volunteers of the Bee, it is a lack of dependable people stepping up to manage and participate in the behind-the-scenes running of the fundraiser. Currently, there are NO plans to continue any managerial portion of the Bee or to create additional quilts.

The steering committee has taken on all the managerial aspects of what is literally running a small business. Each and every one of us has devoted endless hours and money to making this a successful fundraiser for NAR. Running the Bee consists of many tasks and this is by no means a complete list: finding artists, finding block makers, finding quilters, deciding on themes, preparing block packets, coordinating timelines, finding a professional photographer, securing ticket printing/ purchasing, obtaining raffle license, selling tickets (donations), having a presence at MCKC, having a blog and/or website to promote the quilt, obtaining rescue stories and photos for marketing, acquiring donations for prizes, and ‘nagging’ members to complete their jobs in a timely fashion. Many times the steering committee has had to step in and do a job at the last minute because of the lack of volunteers or follow-through.

It has been a great 17 year run for the Quilting Bee, as the largest fundraiser for NAR. We know many Airedales have been supported through this effort.

Incentive Winners

"Aire Leaps Through the Seasons" - Charles Jones, III - GA
"Table Runn-Aire" - Helena Epstein, NY
"Dive Bombing Swallows" - Lynn Mathers, WA
"Straw Hat Girl" - Cathy Gaidos, KS
"Leap Y'Aire" - Donna Cardamone, OH
#9-5 Martha Calligan, OH
#9-4 Barbara Bonfield, CA
#9-3 Judith Luckett, TX
#9-2 Lisa Panno
#9-1 Ann Cosgrove, VA
$25,000 Milestone - Patty Eisenbraun, MI
$20,000 Milestone - Judy Luckett, TX
#8-5 Sharon Rafferty, CO
#8-4 Cindy Trimble, FL
#8-3 Caroline Thibodeau, CA
#8-2 Heidi Klaus, Freehold, NJ
#8-1 Nancie Secher, CA
#7-5 Dean Incopero, IL
#7-4 Sandra Swanson, NY
#7-3 Virginia Slowik, NY
#7-2 Barbara Morrison, WV
#7-1 Katherine Appleton, PA
$16,000 Milestone - Dina Rabanal, NM
#6-5 Lisa Hedman, WA
#6-4 Marcia L. Smith, NY
#6-3 Nancy Wagner-Hislip, NJ
#6-2 Linda McVey, British Columbia
#6-1 Donna Couch Jones, AZ
#5-5 Nancy Tripp - MA
#5-4 Denise Seis, IN
#5-3 George Core - AZ
#5-2 Patty Eisenbraun, MI
#5-1 Elisa Burnsed, GA
#4-4 Christine Votel Sheffer, NY
#4-3 Wendy Hodgson, Australia
#4-2 Pam Vandergrift
#4-1 Susan Winnett, Australia
$10,000 Milestone - Paul Pistell, MD
#3-4 New England Airedale Rescue, CT
#3-3 Ginger Robinson, VA
#3-2 Jean Naragdao, OR
#3-1 New England Airedale Rescue, CT
#2-4 Nora Davidson, TX
#2-3 Pat Bently, AZ
#2-2 Robert Haney, NJ
#2-1 Frances Murphy, AZ
$5,000 Milestone - Ruth Ellen Hill, TX
#1-4 Barbara Bonfield, CA
#1-3 Debbie Butler, KS
#1-2 Carole Evans, IN
#1-1 Leah Bokovitz, OH

Explaining the National Airedale Quilting Bee

Every year since 1999, a group of dedicated quilters and Airedale lovers has gathered in cyberspace to create a very down-to-Earth work of art as a fundraiser for National Airedale Rescue (NAR), the 501c3 corporation which is the Official Treasury of the Airedale Terrier Club of America Rescue & Adoption (ATCA R/A) Committee. Almost all of the materials and every one of the hundreds of hours of labor are volunteered, so that the proceeds of the fundraiser go 100% to NAR.

The donations are in increments and each donation you make (online or by check) will make you eligible for the main quilt and/or one of four bonus wall hangings. The donation structure is set up as follows: for each $5 donation you make, you will receive one entry for the main quilt; for each $25 donation increment you make, you will receive 5 entries for the main quilt and 1 bonus wall hanging entry. For example, if you donate $50, you receive 10 main quilt entries and 2 bonus entries, and so on.

3 comments :

UnknownSeptember 11, 2014 at 6:18 AM
All I can say is THANK YOU to all of our incentive prize donors. You all have outdone yourselves. I LOVE MY CAP from Sue, I have seen Jennifer's bowls in person and they are Fabulous. Anne's print is signed and she always supports rescue. Wendy Hodgson just blows me away with her stuff. She has new mugs for sale, check out her site and all of our donors webpages. Again, THANK YOU to everyone for their donations, and Thank you for donating for Rescue. GOOD LUCK!
lSeptember 11, 2014 at 9:27 PM
I JUST LOVE THESE PRIZES!! thank you donors for helping make this quilt fundraiser a huge success. it does take a village to raise money for Airedale rescue and this is one awesome village to be involved with! great job!
BombadilSeptember 12, 2014 at 8:57 AM
The cap is adorable!