Wednesday, December 23, 2009

and off they go

to their new homes. All the wonderful fabulous artworks were packaged up Monday, by my own self, and popped into the letter box. All the generous bidders should hope to have them in their hands VERY soon.



In my haste I speedily closed up each package, only to realise I had not included a letter of congratulations to the wonderful bidders.

So please accept this in its stead ...

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, for joining in, and caring enough to spend your money on such a worthwhile cause. This has been my first foray into fund raising, and at times it seemed a little tricky, but ultimately it is a very proud moment when the money is handed over. The folks at NBCF are so very gracious, accommodating and kind.

Thank you too, to Brenda Smith, who also generously shared her knowledge and time with some of the intricacies of the ever-so-tricky-to-me blog world.

Lastly, and without whom none of this would have been possible, a HUGE thank you to the 14 amazingly-talented quilt and textile artists, who did not even hesitate in saying yes when i invited them to participate. Thanks girls for so generously sharing your time and immense skill.

I have been extremely fortunate that breast cancer has not touched my life, nor anyone in my family or circle of close friends. Although, like most of us, I know women who have been affected. It is with a spirit of concern, a desire to support and an acknowledgement of just how vulnerable we all are, that I ventured into this fund raising project. So, to all who participated, thank you!!!

I look forward to an even bigger and better result next year! stay tuned!

dls



Monday, December 14, 2009

Going, going, GONE

In the lead up to Christmas I have been very busy getting three magazines ready to go to print - Down Under Textiles #1, Down Under Quilts #140 and Creative Expressions #26.

So busy in fact, that I have had very little time to attend to the 'housework' of the office. Therefore, I apologise for a lack of information.

I am just dropping in quickly to let you know the good news, that is that

ALL pieces are sold.
The total raised for NBCF is $2600!!!!


Absolutely ALL funds raised will go to NBCF, we will not be keeping any admin fees.

If you are one of the generous bidders and you did not received an email from me last Friday, please get in touch. I am aiming to finalise all payments and packaging and posting of artworks prior to Christmas.

xdls

Monday, December 7, 2009

last two, bid today.

Erica's and Brenda's were sold late last week.

This week we only have TWO left... $100 is not much to pledge to such a worthy cause AND obtain a textile artwork from a talented and award-winning artist!


Caroline Sharkey of Far North Coast, New South Wales says of her piece...

"Heart Goddess was made with Friends in mind. Three Hearts for three special friends that lost their mums in past years. I find stitching a very therapeutic process and making this piece was special!
I made the piece with fabric made from an old white wedding dress and veil bought and recycled from a second hand store. The hearts are also made from snippets of special reused fabrics and the embroidery edges were freely stitched onto water soluble fabric to create an individual edge for each heart and the finished edge of the piece. It has been mounted ready to frame under glass."

Visit Caroline's website to see more of her work.

Jocelyn's work has been winning awards around the country, the most recent are First place in the Mixed Media Quilt (Open) category with the quilt called A Moment in Time at Canberra Quilt Show and she won the NSW Challenge a few weeks ago - take a look at her winning piece in the What Tickles Your Fancy challenge, Foot Loose and Fancy Free. You can visit her website to see more of her work.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Going, going, going ...

Yesterday the A4 textile work by Sarah Louise Ricketts was sold for $200.

This morning we have sold A4 textile pieces by the following talented artists ...
Sue Dennis
Olga Walters
Robyn Kennedy

The total raised so far is $2200!!!

There are only four remaining ... each at $100


Caroline Sharkey ...


Brenda Gael Smith ...

Erica Spinks ...

Jocelyne Leath ...

Monday, November 30, 2009

Textile Artworks by leading artists - BID now

Brenda Gael Smith


Sue Dennis


Sarah Louise Ricketts


Robyn Kennedy


Olga Walters


Jocelyne Leath


Erica Spinks


Caroline Sharkey

SIX are sold - 8 more to go.

The following textile artists' pieces have been sold, in this order

Wendy Bailye
Lisa Walton
Dale Rollerson
Nic Bridges
Helen Godden
Dijanne Cevaal

So far we have raised $1700 for NBCF. Woo-hoo.

Thank you to the artists and the savvy bidders!

You can still send a BID anytime today (Monday) for the remaining pieces - at $200 each.
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Or, take your chances, but jump in quick, all remaining pieces will be $100 from tomorrow 10am...


Sunday, November 29, 2009

Lisa Walton's artwork - SOLD

Congratulations to our generous bidder who secured Lisa's gorgeous artwork yesterday morning!

Tomorrow, the artworks are $200 - get in quick, the pace is picking up now..