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Who Doesn't Love Pink!!!

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I know I do! I had so much fun making this set. I could make baby stuff every day of my life! You can get away with all the cute in the world and colors most adults just wont do :)....Like I said whats not to love!!! I am SO happy with this pattern. Its the Snake River quilt by Judy Martin...I would TOTALLY recommend this to anyone. It was fun and very rewarding. :)..I cannot wait to give this to the new momma :) And just because I am having so much fun creating ne baby stuff I thought I would show you one of the latest additions to the Turtle Trax Too Store!!! Check us out on facebook!!!

An Exciting Update :)

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Soaring Sales for AAQI: All Because of YOU! Posted on August 23, 2012 Every month Debbie Chenail (AAQI treasurer) and I sit down to update the Show Me The Money page on the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative website. We list every expense, we add up all the quilt sales and donations, and we calculate the profits so far this year. That number is then added to our cumulative total of how much the AAQI has raised for Alzheimer’s research. (Profits: All our profits fund research.) Do you know of any other charity that posts that kind of information on its website? I didn’t think so. Don’t you wish they all did, so you can know how the money you give is spent?! (Sorry. I digress.) Well, we just crunched the numbers and as of the end of July we have raised… more than $747,000 …for Alzheimer’s research. Makes me think of an airplane, you know, a 747. I just had to tell you! The AAQI’s “bread and butter” are Priority: Alzheimer’s Quilts . You donate them; we sell them. So how are we doing so f

Back To Work

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If any of you have been wondering where I have been I promise I havent been out playing..I wish I could be out playing :) I signed up for my first craft fair. Its not a super duper large one but its supposed to be good sized. I am hoping to get signed up for the large one but well we are still waiting on paperwork and sales tax and what not.....Boring stuff. So in the mean time I am having my own little panic attack at having product to sell. In the leantime my favorite customer is keeping me from getting bored.Lol.....This is the latest. Isnt it adorable! I love the Dick and Jane fabric. For once too its NOT king size!! Believe it or not I have MORE fiber content to show you too! Remember the strips and curves top? Well there is progress on that one! AND I even got another baby set done. I can hardly believe it myself :)...

Alzheimer Quilt Initiative

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Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia , a general term for memory loss and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer's disease accounts for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases. I have been asked to help spread the information on this wonderful project the Alzheimer's Quilt Initiative. Please check out the web sight and see all the wonderful things being done. The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative ( www.alzquilts.org ) is a national, grassroots organization whose mission is to raise awareness and fund research through art. It auctions and sells donated quilts through the Priority: Alzheimer's Quilt project and sponsors a touring exhibit of quilts about Alzheimer's called "Alzheimer's Illustrated: From Heartbreak to Hope." The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative has raised more than $735,000 since January 2006. Ami Simms of Flint, Michigan is the founder and executive director of the AAQI, a 501(c)(