Virginia A. Spiegel

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Let the shopping begin!  Well, OK, not until 11 a.m. CST today.  But you can go and see all the fiber-related themed totes now here and the auction will take place on the very same page.

There is a great line-up of 13 themed totes and three individual art works.  And, of course, everything is one-of-a-kind.  And it’s a fundraiser with 100% donated directly to the American Cancer Society.

What more could you ask for?   WELL, I refuse to list retail value for every tote, but perhaps the following examples will give you an example of how generous sponsors/donors have been:

Sue Bleiweiss, on behalf of 3 Creative Studios, specifically requested an opening bid of $75, less than 50% of retail value on the 3 Creative Studios tote.  The tote includes a gift certificate for any one online class with Sue.

The tote for Close To Your Heart (sponsored by Peggy Schroder) was donated by Fannie Narte and features a secret message written inside.  This bag was featured in Haute Handbags. The opening bid for the Close To Your Heart tote is $135, less than 50% of retail.  The tote includes a small art quilt by Pat Owoc.

I know I don’t need to list the retail values of all the totes; you already  know that  the sponsors/donors for ToteTuesday have been VERY generous so YOU will be able to participate in this fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.

Fire up that charge card and zip on over to the ToteTuesday auction webpage.  The preview is open now, opening bids/Go For The Gold bids go up at 10:50 a.m., and the shopping begins at 11 a.m. CST.

Thank you for your generous support of ToteTuesday, a Fiberart For A Cause fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.  Our goal is $12,000.  The final ToteTuesday will be next week, February 24.

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Warm up that charge card for the good cause that also lets you have a great time shopping.  There will be 13 themed totes (art quilts, fiber collages, gift certificates, yarn, buttons, vintage embellishments, books, hand-dyed and hand-painted fabrics, custom-made journals, more, more, more) AND three very special individual artworks by Gerrie Congdon, Terri Stegmiller, and Elin Waterston up for bid during ToteTuesday 3.

Go to the preview for ToteTuesday 3 here to see all the totes and artwork.  The opening bids are left blank for now to avoid a premature bidding war.

Digital Inspirations and More! tote by Gloria Hansen includes five yards of her hand-painted fabric.  Yes, the same fabric she uses in her award-winning quilts.

Please bookmark that webpage as it will also be the site of the auction beginning at 11 a.m. CST tomorrow, Tuesday, February 16.

Thank you in advance for your generous support of this Fiberart For A Cause fundraiser for the American Cancer Society!  Our goal for ToteTuesday is $12,000 with $5675 already raised. February 24 will be the last ToteTuesday.

“Page of eyes” by Pamela Allen are included in Karey Bresenhan’s The Wonderful World of Quilts #1.

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Stop by tomorrow for the link to the preview of ToteTuesday 3 featuring 13 themed totes and 3 individual artworks.

We have a very strong line-up of fiber-related themed totes including:

3 Creative Studios tote sponsored by Peggy Schoder.  Includes donations from all the artists (Sue Bleiweiss, Terri Stegmiller, and Vicki Welsh).  Sue Bleiweiss is donating this beautiful custom journal.

Altered Cloth: Gingko Leaves tote sponsored by Sue Kelley.  The tote itself (detail shown above) was made by Sue and features hand-dyed fabrics, extensive stitching and beautiful gingko leaves details.

And for some funky fun, this Knitting Toys tote sponsored by Lynn Krawczyk.

Karey Bresenhan and the International Quilt Festival team have donated a total of five totes.  Karey is the Honorary Chairperson of Fiberart For A Cause.  Read more about her totes here.  Three totes, including The Earth Laughs in Flowers tote and contents shown above, will be up for bid on February 16.

Stop by here tomorrow for the link for a full preveiw of all the totes and artwork.  100% is donated directly to the American Cancer Society through Fiberart For A Cause. Our goal is $12,000.

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In addition to a dozen or so one-of-a-kind themed fiber-related totes for ToteTuesday on February 16, you will be seeing special artwork up for bid. Peggy Schroder asked well-known artists to donate artwork based on a heart theme for the HeART tote.  These special artworks will be offered individually.

This is a detail from Elin Waterston‘s Mi Corazon from the HeART tote.  The mixed-media artwork is 6×5″

Joining Elin’s artwork will be this highly layered artwork by Terri Stegmiller:

Terri’s artwork is 10×10″  on gallery wrapped canvas that was textured with molding paste. Then layers of paint were added along with stamped and stenciled designs.

A preview of all the artwork for ToteTuesday 3 on February 16 will be posted to my website on Monday, February 15 with the link posted here on my blog.  A mini-preview of all the totes not yet up for bid is here.

Our goal is to raise $10,000 for the American Cancer Society.  We are over half way there with $5675 already donated and two ToteTuesdays yet to come.

Thank you for your generous support of ToteTuesday, a Fiberart For A Cause fundraiser.

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Just two more ToteTuesdays to go!  We have inspiring, beautiful and unique totes and artwork to carry us straight through to the end.  Thanks to spirited bidding, ToteTuesday 2 raised $4157 (total now at $5675) for the American Cancer Society.  Thank you to all who made this success possible. We are more than half way to our new goal of $10,000.

Rustic Winslow Market Tote by Mary Ann Van Soest

Stop by here Monday, February 15 for the link to the preview for the next ToteTuesday on Tuesday, February 16.

The Girl Scout Tote by Jamie Fingal (Are those Thin Mints??? I am keeping the mini-quilt made by Jamie under wraps until the preview on February 15).

Check out the mini-previews of the totes for those two Tuesdays.  We might even be throwing in a little challenge during the last ToteTuesday.