All About the Back – Part Two

Most of the time a backing is attached after the quilting is complete so it’s always a nice surprise when someone sends a postcard that showcases the quilting. While Sandy Wagner simply ignored the quilting when writing,

Suzanna Bond’s quilting provided the perfect place to showcase my name and address.

Laurie Walton’s postcards often come with the most interesting holes.

While most people use neutral fabric or paper, others use paint, inks, rubber stamps, tea dyeing to enhance their backs. Others add fabrics and one of my favorites was from Mary Kunna. She added a pocket and a tea bag with her Inspiring Quotes postcard. It went perfectly with the quote by Eleanor Roosevelt:  “A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.”

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Join me on June 13th as we finish exploring the world of postcard backs.

Spring Images

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More Green!

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Postmark’d Art Supports the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative

The Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI) is a national, grassroots organization whose mission is to raise awareness and fund research. It holds a monthly online auction through its Priority: Alzheimer’s Quilt project (named because the donated quilts are restricted to 9″ x 12″ to fit into a USPS Priority mail envelope). The Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative has raised more than $591,000 since January 2006 and has awarded nine grants to fund research. Ami Simms of Flint, Michigan is the founder and executive director of the AAQI, a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation operated entirely by volunteers. She is a quilter and her mother had Alzheimer’s.

Eight members (Vivian Helena Aumond-Capone, Maureen Curlewis, Franki Kohler, Heather Lair, Karen Musgrave (organizer), Del Thomas, Laurie Walton and Lynn Woll) of Postmark’d Art donated postcards for AAQI’s June 2011 auction. The sale of the twenty-three donated postcards raised $916. You can see all of the donated postcards by visiting Postmark’d Art’s page on the AAQI website. Laurie Walton’s postcard Measure Up raised the most money when it sold for $85.

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