Airedale Rescue Quilting Bee: EARLY 'DALE NO. 6 INCENTIVES

~~STARTS TODAY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 AT 12 AM PDT~~
~~ENDS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 AT 8 PM EDT~~
~~THERE ARE 5 SEPARATE ITEMS BEING OFFERED~~

NO. 6-1 COLLARATION DOG COLLAR AND MATCHING LEASH
Made and donated by Rebecca Gilmore
www.etsy.com/shop/COLLARATION
www.facebook.com/Collarationfordogs

Collaration - Fabulous collars for Fabulous dogs (New Zealand made). Custom-made martingale collar and matching lead - 5 sizes and 3 widths to choose from to fit your dog. Postage worldwide included. Rebecca makes to order so can do anything you like. Check out her estsy store and Facebook page as it will show most of the choices so far. She still has a lot to make up so if a color or theme takes your fancy, just let her know and she can show you some options.

NO. 6-2 PRINT - "BRACKEN THE AIREDALE TERRIER"

Made and donated by Rebecca Gillmore

Limited edition (50) giclee print (unframed) of Bracken the Airedale from an original painting in acrylic on handmade flax paper painted by Rebecca. Image size is 20 x 26 cm. A special certificate of authenticity will come with her signature, the edition number and Bracken's actual paw print (pawtograph). This is a giclee print on archival fine art paper so it is a high quality print which is fade resistant for 100 years.

NO. 6-3 CLAY "QUILT" TILE/TRIVET

Made and donated by Carol Fitch Domeracki

Anything Airedale

Clay "quilt" tile/trivet is handmade and ready to hang on the wall. It works well as a trivet or on a table top easel too. It measures 7" square.

NO. 6-4 LIFE ACCORDING TO DALE AND 5-PACK OF CARDS by Paul Clarke
Donated by Ursula Obermann

Sample Page

48 pages of cartoons featuring Dale from a puppy to "adult" and his friends. Here is a sample page. Plus a 5-pack of cards - several birthday and a thank you cards.

NO 6-5 SET OF 10 VINTAGE AIREDALE PHOTO NOTECARDS
Made and Donated by Cheryl Fritz

After Cheryl Fritz won the 2015 Bonus Quilt, "Faithful Friend", by Carolyn Finlayson, she contacted me to donate TWO identical sets of TEN 5" x 7" Vintage Airedale Photo Notecards, created by herself. She donated these to the Airedale Rescue Quilting Bee to be used for fundraising for National Airedale Rescue. She wrote that EACH card's retail value is $3.99. Each card is in its own plastic sleeve with an envelope. The notecard and envelope are ivory-colored. The first photo is her business card. Photos taken of each card (with the envelope behind the card) in its plastic sleeve. These would make nice handwritten notes to special friends or framed as a set for a nice Airedale display.

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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 :

DukeSeptember 7, 2016 at 2:03 AM
Beautiful incentives! Thank you so very much to the donors!
UnknownSeptember 7, 2016 at 6:07 AM
I HOPE EVERONE DONATES FOR THE QUILT AND I CAN'T THANK OUR INCENTIVE DONORS ENOUGH.
UnknownSeptember 7, 2016 at 8:25 AM
What a lot of wonderful incentives! Just wanted to add that I have some of Rebecca's collars and they're fabulous. Everyone comments on them when we go places.