Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI)

The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI) is an Internet-driven, grassroots, totally volunteer effort to raise awareness and fund research through art.

The AAQI currently administer two major programs. The first is a nationwide traveling quilt exhibit called "Alzheimer's: Forgetting Piece By Piece." It contains 52 quilts each interpreting Alzheimer's in some way.

The second is the "Priority: Alzheimer's Quilts" project, so named for the urgent need for research dollars and the requirement that these quilts must fit into a cardboard USPS priority mailer without folding. They are small works of art no larger than 9 inches by 12 inches, auctioned on the first day of each month or sold outright on the Internet or at selected venues across the United States.

This denim shirt brought to the Bernina teacher reunion and autographed by famous quilters, designers, teachers, Bernina educators, and quilting/sewing magazine editors is currently part of the auction.