Virginia A. Spiegel

Anna Millea

Hearts For Anna, a fundraiser for Anna Millea, opens today at 10 a.m. Central time and continues through Sunday, August 16. Anna is fighting breast cancer – again. The disease has returned aggressively and is now in her bones, requiring an extreme sixteen rounds of chemotherapy. She has no insurance, having been deemed uninsurable due to her “pre-existing condition.”

More than 100 miniature artworks, no larger than 5″ x 7″, have been donated to raise funds to assist Anna in her fight. The items will be sold first-come, first serve, with all items selling for $100 on Day 1, $75 on Days 2 – 4, and $50 on Day 5. All money will go to a fund that goes directly to Anna Millea to help pay for her medical bills.

Morning Song

I don’t know Anna, but I happily made and donated Morning Song.  This could so easily happen to any of us.  I just participated in my sixth ACS Relay For Life in celebration of my Dad being able to say, after colon cancer, “It’s 15 years and I’m still here.”  I raise funds for the ACS in honor of my Dad, but welcome this opportunity to make a difference in one person’s fight.

UPDATE:  Just saw a Tweet from Lisa, CEO of Artful Home, that buyers should create an account to expedite their bidding.  I did so from the Wish List page from the main Artful Home page.

Love Blooms When Hearts Gather by Fannie Narte

Artful Home ’s Hearts For Anna opens online this Wednesday, August 12, and continues through August  16.

All funds raised will go to Anna Millea an artist who is fighting breast cancer – again. Anna has been denied insurance, having been deemed uninsurable due to her “pre-existing condition.”

Annette Rogers

Gerrie Congdon

Shoulder Bag by Laura Osbun

Faith, Strength, and Love by Barbara Strobel Lardon

More about my donated artwork here; all the donated artwork to date is here.

Sue Bleiweiss
Books, Boxes, and Journals

Artful Home ’s Hearts For Anna is an online fundraiser to be held August 12 – 16.  All funds raised will go to Anna Millea an artist who is fighting breast cancer – again. Anna has been denied insurance, having been deemed uninsurable due to her “pre-existing condition.” This could too easily happen to any of us, so I hope you will support this fundraiser for a sister artist as an art donor or patron.

Dawn Goldsmith
Subversive Stitchers:  Women Armed with Needles blog

Deadline to donate artwork is this Friday, August 7.  Artwork need not arrive at Artful Home until August 11.  All the details to donate your artwork are here.  The size is small, the cause is good!

Terri Stegmiller
Mixed-Media Textile Artist

More about my donated artwork here; all the donated artwork to date is here.

Rebekah Meier
Author of Fabric Art Collage, 40+ Mixed Media Techniques

Beautiful Woman III by Susan Schrott
Original images by the artist, Susan Schrott, which have been photo-transferred to 100% cotton fabric. Fused to artist hand dyed fabrics and machine quilted. Embellished with heat set Swarovski crystals. 4″ x 4″

This is one of the three artworks donated by Susan Schrott for the Hearts For Anna fundraiser.  The other two are featured on Susan’s blog here.

Artful Home ’s Hearts For Anna is an online fundraiser to be held August 12 – 16.  All funds raised will go to Anna Millea an artist who is fighting breast cancer – again. Anna has been denied insurance, having been deemed uninsurable due to her “pre-existing condition.”

Deadline to donate artwork is this Friday, August 7.  All the details to donate your artwork are here.  The size is small, the cause is good!

More about my donated artwork here; all the donated artwork to date is here.

Morning Song

Morning Song will be available as part of Artful Home ‘s Hearts For Anna, an online fundraiser, August 12 – 16.  All funds raised will go to Anna Millea an artist who is fighting breast cancer – again. Anna has been denied insurance, having been deemed uninsurable due to her “pre-existing condition.”

Morning Song is a 7×5″ mixed-media collage.  Materials include hand-painted fabric, screenprinted upholstery fabric, painted and screenprinted paper.  It is actually an irregularly shaped art quilt and is sewn to black matboard for easy framing.

Kudos to CEO Lisa Bayne for creating this event to assist Anna.  If you missed the guidelines to participate as a donor artist, they are here.  You still have time to donate artwork before the August 7 deadline.

I would be happy to share other fiber artwork here before the big event, so do let me know if you are donating fiber artwork.

And mark your calendar for HEARTS FOR ANNA on August 12 – 16, 2009.  Artwork will be sold first-come, first-serve with all items selling for $100 on Day 1, $75 on Days 2-4 and $50 on Day 5. The first 20 donations have been posted in a nifty slideshow here where more information about the auction will also be posted soon.