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Peggy Schroder received such a great response from fiber artists for her Have A Heart tote that we just couldn’t bear combine the artwork in an actual tote.  Owning artwork is so personal that I felt you should have the choice to bid only on the pieces that speak to you.

So each Tuesday, the magical “HeART” tote will open and several individual pieces of artwork will be available bid during ToteTuesday.  Please note that the Preview and actual sale will now be held on my website. The urls will be posted here on my blog Monday.  Trying to showcase 12+ totes and these great artworks on a blog would lead to massive carpal tunnel outbreaks from scrolling.

Starting us off on Tuesday, February 9 will be these two artworks:

This is Ellen Lindner‘s Emerging Hope.  It is an  8×10″ fabric collage and, yes, it is finished.  If you would like to see what it would look like mounted and frame, visit Ellen’s blog.  This artwork was custom made for ToteTuesday; you can read more about Ellen’s creation of this artwork here.

Karen Stiehl Osborn created Aurora especially for ToteTuesday and held strong when a gallery wanted to buy it. The dedication of artists to the cause is inspiring!  The artwork is inspired by the colors of a Winter sunrise.  Materials:  Canvas and Kona cotton cloth, hand painted and printed by the artist.  Approximately 10.5″hx6.5″w, mounted on 14″x11″ watercolor paper.  (I recently interviewed Karen about the change in her artwork to using canvas).

And that’s not all.

Marti Lew has organized a number of cancer survivors and their friends from the Quiltart list to donate art also for a special Celebrate Life tote.  Again, the artwork is just too wonderful not to be displayed and put up for bid individually.  The first of the Celebrate Life tote artwork to be up for bid on February 9 is Marti’s own Celebrate With Lupines in Winter. I had to leave this photo as Marti shot it as it’s perfect for the title.

Marti’s artwork was created by using hand painted fabric for the background, french knots, free motion stitching.  Measuring 4×4″, it was mounted on a 5×5″ canvas which was covered with hand painted fabric by Mickey Lawler.

All donations for ToteTuesday are made directly to the American Cancer Society through Fiberart For A Cause.  I thank the generous fiber artists and businesses who have so generously donated to ToteTuesday.  See you on Tuesday, February 9 starting at 11 a.m. when these wonderful artworks AND more than a dozen themed totes will be up for bid.