Airedale Rescue Quilting Bee: October 2015

2016 HANGING & DESK CALENDARS FOR SALE

The 2016 CalendAIRE calendars are for sale for the benefit of National Airedale Rescue, Inc. If you didn't win the big quilt, you can still have a part of it in your home by buying a CalendAIRE calendar! The 2016 Calendar comes in two sizes - a Hanging Calendar and a Desk Size Calendar. Due to the cost of shipping, we are only able to ship to U.S. addresses. The cost to ship to a U.S. address is $6 for up to 4 calendars (wall, desk, or a combination of both), $12 for 5 to 8 calendars and $15 for over 8 calendars.

The Hanging Calendar measures 11 inches wide by 8 1/2" long and 17 inches long when opened.

It sells for $12 plus shipping and handling (U.S. Address Only)

Here are some sample pages:

The Desk Calendar measures 8 1/4 inches wide by 4 1/4 inches wide.

It sells for $8 plus shipping and handling (U.S. Address Only).

Here are some sample pages:

FINAL QUILT RAFFLE TALLY IS IN!

The final quilt raffle tally is $15,510! Great job, everyone!

The final combined amount raised for National Airedale Rescue, Inc. during this quilt fundraiser period consists of both quilt ticket donations of $15,510 plus another $563 raised by Lori Taylor with the sale of CalendAIRE wall and desk calendars and HATitude notecards. That combined total is $16,073. Thank you, Lori, for coming up with the wall and desk calendar idea and donating the calendars for sale.

Check the blog within the next few days to find out how you can have a "piece" of CalendAIRE by purchasing the calendars. Since CalendAIRE is a calendar quilt, it was perfect for 2016 calendars with each month represented by the corresponding quilt block. I have one of each myself.

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

The winner of CalendAIRE is:

Suzanne Eskenazi, Salt Lake City, Utah

The winner of Bonus Wall Hanging No. 1, "What, You Mean Me?" is:

Janet Smith, Suffolk, VA

The winner of Bonus Wall Hanging No. 2, "Faithful Friend" is:

Cheryl Fritz, Hudson, WI

The Winner of Bonus Wall Hanging No. 3, "Airedale Attitudes" is:

Morris Frieling, Brea, CA

The winner of Bonus Wall Hanging No. 4, "A Day at the Races" is:

Sue Forrester of Victoria, Australia

THURSDAY, OCT. 1ST AT THE HOSPITALITY ROOM

Here are a couple of photos that Lori Taylor took tonight at the Hospitality Room of the Headquarters Hotel (where it is DRY) where she has set up the quilt display and the items she has for sale for the Quilting Bee. Her display is always a class act! She has hanging calendars using the CalendAIRE blocks and small desk calendars too plus the notecards from HATtitude for sale.

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.