In honor of my Dada (grandfather) who died of senile dementia in 2002, I’m working on miniature quilts for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative project called Priority: Alzheimers.

They take quilts that are 9″ x 12″ or smaller and auction them off online to raise money for Alzheimer’s research.

My goal: To make one miniature quilt for every member of that side of family in 2002 (including Dada). That means 12 quilts. (I’m not counting one cousin by marriage.)

So far, I have 9–plus one I made in honor of a little girl, using the fabric from her Halloween costume. I’ll put that at the bottom.

(I smudged my initials out in the corner of the flower)

And this is the one in honor of the little girl:

I’m presenting these quilts to my Dada’s side on Christmas. So they should be mailed shortly after Christmas. I’ll put a note in when I mail them so you can look for them if there’s any you’d like to purchase.