First Braziere Entries

Here are a few of the first entries received at Sew Many Quilts in Johnson City. Enjoy!

Entry Form - Entries Due August 1st

Here is the Brazieres For A Cure entry form in case you lost yours or are participating in the project with your own starting bra - not a Maidenform kit.

SAVE THE DATE - November 6, 2009

The final exhibition and auction will be held at the YWCA in Binghamton, New York on Friday, November 6, 2009.

The auction will be hosted by Auctioneer - Charlie Manasse of Whitney Point, NY.

Auctions-by-Charlie
Email: jafarm@frontiernet.net
Phone: 607-692-3516
Web: http://www.whitneypointauctions.com/

Mark the date on your calendars and plan on attending. All proceeds from the auction will be donated the the American Cancer Society and Encore Plus.

Remember - Entries Are Due August 1st

Remember, your Brazieres For A Cure entries are due in about 6 weeks. They can be turned in at the following locations:

Sew Many Quilts
800 Valley Plaza Road
Johnson City, NY 13790
(607) 797-1796
http://www.smquilts.com/

Quilters Corner
518 W. State St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 266-0850
http://www.e-quilterscorner.com/

O’Susannah’s Quilts
111 W. Fourth St. (Rt. 409)
Watkins Glen, NY 14891
(607) 535-6550
http://www.osusannahsquiltshop.com/

Cooperstown Art Association
22 Main Street
Cooperstown, NY 13326
(607) 547-9777
http://www.cooperstownart.com/

The judged categories are as follows:
Most Innovative, Best Use of Embellishment, Best Use of Color, Most Effective Breast Cancer Message and Most Humorous. Plus, Judges Choice and Viewers Choice.

The Viewers Choice will be determined by $1 Braziere Ballots that will be available at the exhibition sites. There are over a dozen venues the bras will tour - from Cooperstown to Corning and points in between. The schedule is almost finalized and will be posted here shortly.

There are Still Some Bras Available

Hello all, I just wanted to give up an update on the project. There are still some Maidenform bra kits available at the following quilt shops:

Sew Many Quilts (Johnson City) has 5-6
Quilters Corner (Ithaca) has only 2 left
O’Susannah’s (Watkins Glen) has 16-17

(Shop address & contact information

in a previous post)

They are running out fast, so hurry if you want to participate in this event! The deadline for entry is August 1st. The embellished bras will then be judged, photographed and prepared for exhibition.

NQA Certified Judge Lorry Chwazik of Norwich, NY has agreed to judge the entries, so thank you Lorry.

We are busy putting together an exhibition schedule. We want the bras to tour all the areas in the Southern New York Region prior to the auction, which is tentatively scheduled for November 6, at the YWCA in Binghamton.

I also found another group in Canada that makes embellished bras for Breast Cancer Awareness. They have models wearing their entries. They can be found in this blog: http://www.mardibras.blogspot.com/

All The Bras are Available – Planning Exhibition Schedule

Today, Cindy and I traveled up to Ithaca to bring a bin of bra kits to Quilter’s Corner. They just moved to their new shop recently, and it’s lovely! Merrie thought it would be nice to display the completed bras at their shop in October during the Greater Ithaca Area Quilt Show, Traditions and Beyond – sponsored by the Tompkins County Quilters’ Guild.

We are currently creating an exhibition schedule for September and October 2009. Binghamton celebrates a First Friday Art Walk every month, and we are looking for venues to display at. There are several events on the calendar, sponsored by the charities and we are planning on being there.

Encore Plus is hosting a Dog Walk at Otsiningo Park in Binghamton and a Pink Tea at the Binghamton YWCA.

The American Cancer Society is hosting the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer at Rec Park in Binghamton and a Harvest Festival in Walton, NY.

Common Threads is hosting the Quilters’ Consortium of New York State meeting in September, and the bras will be on display there.

If you know of an event or would like to host an exhibit, please contact me at ltiemann@stny.rr.com.

Brazieres For A Cure - In The News

Yesterday, the local paper, The Press and Sun Bulletin posted an article about the project. You can see it at: http://pressconnects.com/article/20090318/COLUMNISTS01/903180334/1005/OPINION

This link will probably only work for a week or so.

March 18, 2009
Cancer fight enlists creativity for auction
Artists, quilters to decorate bras for auction

There is a nice picture of Kim 'stuffing the bras' into the kit bags. I didn't see the paper until later in the afternoon, as I was attending the Quilter's Constortium of New York State meeting, that was held in Watkins Glen. The bra kits are now available at O'Susannah's Quilts and Gifts there, plus at Sew Many Quilts in Johnson City. Quilter's Corner in Ithaca will be getting theirs on Friday, March 20, 2009.

Last evening, at the Broome County Quilters Guild meeting, Rick received the bra he is embellishing - the one I will be wearing at an upcoming Common Threads guild meeting. I'm not sure I should be nervous or not, there was a lot of snickering going an at the meeting.