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Today is World Alzheimer's Day and Ami Simms wants to go viral!  If you are a member of Facebook, here's what Ami would like you to do:

Please change your FaceBook profile picture temporarily to the photograph of a person who has/had Alzheimer's that you wish to honor and remember on September 21st and always.

Please include this statement in your status update:

I support the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative
at www.AlzQuilts.org

If you make a $5 donation to the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative before midnight on Wednesday, post the invoice number generated by your donation to the AAQI FaceBook page at: http://www.facebook.com/AAQI.News *

They will capture the image of your loved one from your profile picture and add it to the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative 2011 Virtual Wall of Remembrance where it will remain for one year. Names will not accompany photographs.

If you are not on FaceBook, or wish to make multiple donations to honor more than one person, email one photograph of each of your loved ones and the invoice number generated by your donation ($5 for each photo) to Diane at diane456@gmail.com. Pictures may be cropped and sized to fit the wall.

As it is somewhat time consuming to snag and post your profile picture, please do not change it until you see it appear on the AAQI Update Blog, above. It may take several days to keep up! They'll do their best.

*If you've never been there before, you may have to click the "LIKE" button. What's not to like?!

Let's help Ami out and remember our loved ones!

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Travel with Ricky Tims on this 11-day tour of Ireland visiting the Dublin, Glendalough, Avoca, Kylemore Abbey & Gardens, Killarney, Cliffs of Moher, Adare, the Dingle Peninsula and we will be spending time in the Galway area for the festivities that surround the very first International Quilt Festival of Ireland!

This trip is created and organized by Jim West of Sew Many Places. Get all the details HERE! Tour is limited. Sign up soon!

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BONUS. See a Free Episode Now!

GREAT NEWS! You've seen the trailer for Why Quilts Matter, now we're giving you a FREE sneak-peak of an entire episode! "The Quilt Marketplace" is now available for viewing by all TQS members. Here's what the folks at Why Quilts Matter have to say about this exciting episode:

"The marketplace for quilts has always been a bit of a mystery. It’s hard to understand why some quilts are so much pricier than others, and why some old quilts aren’t worth anything at all. And how can an artist ask $10,000 for a brand new quilt…and get it? In this episode of Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics, host Shelly Zegart takes you behind the scenes in the quilt marketplace—past and present—where you will meet its players, learn its unwritten rules, and penetrate its secrets. Discover why one 19th-century quilt was worth $264,000 and how a quilt can go from $150 to $20,000 as it passes from picker to dealer, up the ladder of expertise. Find out how artists price their quilts in the contemporary market and how technology is changing the playing field forever.
Featuring appearances by Shelly Zegart, Susan Parrett, Pat Garthoeffner, Susan Kramer Hunkins, Rod Lich, Caryl Bryer Fallert, Gerald Roy, Karen Musgrave, John M. Walsh III, Mariya Waters and (yay! Our very own!!) Ricky Tims.

This FREE episode is only available until September 26, 2011 so make sure to schedule time to enjoy it this week. Also, click below if you're interested in purchasing the entire series. The DVD includes bonus interviews and features that you won't see anywhere else. This would make a great gift for your quilting friends, so order your copy today!

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In Episode 902: When Serendipity Strikes: Portrait of a Quiltmaker featuring Lola Jenkins, Ricky demonstrated his method for improvisational piecing and created a Chantelle tulip quilt. 

Now, One Lucky Winner will win the Chantelle-Shalom quilt that Ricky created in that show.

It's easy. Just email to Chantelle@thequiltshow.com (copy and paste into your address bar if it's not automatic) and put "Chantelle" in the subject line.

Then, in your e-mail, tell us why Ricky calls it his "Chantelle" quilt. If you don't know the answer, you can watch the episode and find out.

One name will be drawn randomly from those entries with the correct answer.  You must be a TQS member to participate.

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, enter today!

One entry per person. The contest ends Friday, September 30, 2011 at Midnight. 

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Our members have been talking about this new series from Executive Producer Shelly Zegart.  This 9 part series examines quilting in a whole new way.

The entire series is available on DVD directly from Why Quilts Matter  (www.whyquiltsmatter.org).  The DVD (in NTSC format) includes bonus features not available through the series. In addition you can access an Image Resource Guide through their website, which contains information about the quilts and images seen in each episode.

Here's what the Why Quilts Matter website has to say about the episode, "Quilt Marketplace."

The marketplace for quilts has always been a bit of a mystery.  It’s hard to understand why some quilts are so much pricier than others, and why some old quilts aren’t worth anything at all.  And how can an artist ask $10,000 for a brand new quilt…and get it?  In this episode of Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics, host Shelly Zegart takes you behind the scenes in the quilt marketplace—past and present—where you will meet its players, learn its unwritten rules, and penetrate its secrets.  Discover why one 19^th-century quilt was worth $264,000 and how a quilt can go from $150 to $20,000 as it passes from picker to dealer, up the ladder of expertise.  Find out how artists price their quilts in the contemporary market and how technology is changing the playing field forever.

Here's a preview:

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Join TQS as we look around the Art Community in Asheville, North Carolina, where the Ricky Tims Super Seminar is taking place.  Alex went 1 day early to see this amazing support of the local artists. Here is some of what she saw.

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6 Lucky TQS Members have been notified that they won a pair of Olfa Precision Scissors!  And the winners are:

Mary C. Rogers, Aurora, CO 

Jill Abery, Warranwood, Vic, Australia

Patti Kaplan, Fox Point, WI

Gail Chelseth, Green Valley, AZ

Georgianna Barrus, Athol, MA

Linda Walker of Lakeland, TN

Congratulations ladies and thank you to OLFA!  

If you want to see how great these scissors are, here's Alex:

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Lately there has been talk about a new series, Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics. This exciting 9-part series takes viewers on a journey into the importance of quilts on American culture.

Shelly Zegart is the Executive Producer and Host and takes the viewer on an educational journey. The information provided is compelling, thought-provoking, and inspiring, and will be available on many PBS stations this Fall.

Well, TQS has a surprise for you…but you'll have to wait until next week to hear about it!  Tune in to the Weekend Fun newsletter on Friday, September 16th for the exciting announcement!

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Enter to win a copy of this outstanding magazine for yourself. 

Just submit an email to OctoberQuiltLife@thequiltshow.com type "The Quilt Life" in the subject line.  Six winners will be chosen at random. 

Hurry, contest ends Monday, September 13, 2011.

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We've got GOOD NEWS! Here's a message from Liz Whitehouse, CEO of The Quilters' Guild:

I would like to pass on a huge "thank you" to everyone who voted for
'Unfolding the Quilts' in the National Lottery Awards. We made it into the
top three in the Heritage section and will now go through to the final, with
voting starting (again...) on 2 September. This will give the Quilt Museum
and Gallery much-needed publicity on national TV. Thanks again to everyone -
we could not have done it without you! We will keep in touch and let
everyone know when we need you to start voting again. With best wishes and
thanks for your support. Liz

The Guild needs as many people as possible to vote for the Museum. You don't have to be a quilter or guild member you just need to be a person interested in the success of the Museum which is the only one of its kind in the United Kingdom; where many museums are currently disposing of textile items or mothballing them.The Guild has checked and people from all over the world may vote. The winning entry will receive additional funding and will be featured on National Television.

Watch a video about the project and get out there and vote!  CLICK HERE TO CAST YOUR VOTE!

To see the original blog about the Quilt Museum in York, click here.