Virginia A. Spiegel

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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.

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Let the shopping begin!  Well, at 11 a.m. CST today.

Great line-up of 13 themed totes and  3 individual art work.  Everything one-of-a-kind.  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 three examples will give you an example of how generous sponsors/donors have been:

Learn Something Today tote (sponsored by Peggy Schroder) includes a gift certificate for a free class at Quilt University.  Its opening bid is less than 50% of retail. Also the Create Something New tote by Peggy has an Opening Bid of $135, less than 50% of retail.  Ditto the Fabric Art Collage tote with an opening bid of $87.

I know I don’t need to list the retail values of all the totes; you know that ALL 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 posted at 10:50 a.m., and the shopping begins at 11 a.m. CST.

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The preview of ToteTuesday 2 is now up here.  Please bookmark this webpage as it is also the site of tomorrow’s ToteTuesday’s auction.

Warm up that charge card for the good cause that also lets you have a great time shopping.  There will be 13 themed totes (custom totes, artwork, gift certificates, books, DVDs, beads, hand-dyed fabrics, more, more, more) AND three very special individual artworks.

The donors/sponsors have been busy adding bonus items such as special art.  For example, Natalya Aikens has a tote based on her DVD, Texture Transformation.

You can imagine the fun materials she has pulled together for your own experiments in Texture Transformation.  BUT she has also added to the tote the cover artwork shown on the left side of the DVD above.  And Natalya’s not alone in her generosity.  Enjoy the preview and I will see you tomorrow when the bidding opens at 11 a.m. CST.

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A preview of all thirteen totes and three individual artworks for ToteTuesday #2 will be up tomorrow on my website.  Stop by here on my blog for the link. The url for the preview and the auction will be the same.  So once you bookmark the preview webpage tomorrow, you will be good to go for the auction on Tuesday.

This is typical of the sponsor/donor generosity.  Larkin Van Horn has added this incredible beaded button to her tote and refused to raise the opening bid!

Everything will appear on the preview webpage exactly as it will for the auction except the Opening Bid, etc. will not be filled in.  It’s not that that is a big secret; it’s merely to avoid a premature bidding war. The opening bids will be posted at 10:50 a.m. CST with the auction opening at 11 a.m. CST and closing at 2 p.m. CST.  (Ready to bid on Tuesday?  Here is a checklist.)

Karla Overland of Cherrywood Fabrics has created this “Good To The Last Drop” tote. You don’t have to wait for the Preview tomorrow to find out the story behind the title of this gorgeous tote bag – check out Karla’s blog.

The totes this week have opening bids ranging from $49 – $199. Please remember that these totes contain unique artworks, custom-made totes, hand-dyed fabrics, items from artist’s personal stashes, creative packaging, little bonus treasures, etc.  The themed totes are as special as our FUNDRAISING cause.  100% of the proceeds from ToteTuesday are donated directly to the American Cancer Society through Fiberart For A Cause.

Thanks again to all the wonderful, creative, and generous donors.  And I truly appreciate everyone who makes the commitment to support ToteTuesday as a bidder.