Holliday's Holliday

Virginia Spiegel has raised more than $140,000 for the American Cancer Society since 2005.  She has been able to do this with the creation of Fiberart For A Cause, a group which raises money by selling the donated art work of a large group of talented, dedicated fiber artists, quilters and fashion designers.  Each year, she invites ten artists to donate their work.  I am pleased to be one of the invited artists for the year 2008.

My gift to Fiberart For a Cause is a wall hanging art work which I have named "Oranges, Grapes, and Limes."  I worked on this before and after my knee surgery, sewing each bead, button or found object on separately, using double strands of embroidery floss.  When I do this kind of work, my objective is to find the colors that I want to use and display them with a wide range of objects in the chosen hue.  There is a cloth sleeve on the back for hanging.  It could also reside in a shadow box.  Even though it falls within the quilt genre, I do not recommend that you try to sleep under it.  It is too small to keep you warm, and so heavy that you might experience respiratory distress.

I hope that you will consider bidding on some of the fine art that Virginia has collected.

I am glad to see this kind of support for the American Cancer Society.  I have lost both parents and one grandparent to cancer, along with a good number of other family members and friends.  I am very happy to report that my sister is a survivor of breast cancer and my niece is a survivor of cancer as well.  It is clear that continued research will help in the survival and prevention of a disease that touches all walks of life.

Below, you will find text from Virginia Speigle's website.  I hope you will go to her sites and take a look at the great pieces that are on the auction block.