Arrrgh!!!

I'm participating in my very first eBay auction.

I read a magazine titled "American Patchwork and Quilting." Last year, they asked their readers to donate a 10" square block of any pattern made in pink and white. The aim was to sew the donated blocks into quilts and auction them on eBay, to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

The readers rose to the challenge, and the magazine has received more than 25,000 quilt blocks! Hundreds of quilt guild members, quilt designers, quilt shop owners and others volunteered to assemble the blocks into quilts. Batting, backing, setting fabric and time were all donated, and nearly 500 quilts will be put up for auction.

In the few weeks that the auction has been running, they have already raised $25,000. The auction runs until December 31st, with new items being listed every week. ALL of the money raised through the auction will go to research. None of it will be kept for administrative expenses.

I have never participated in an eBay auction, but I think this is an exceptional place to start. I've bid on two of the quilts, and I have about eighteen hours to go to find out if I've won either or both of them. I have a five year old niece who is addicted to pink. I can't think of a better Christmas gift for her. She will be cozy, snuggled into her own pink and white quilt, and when she is older, I can tell her the significance of the gift. It's definitely a Win-Win situation!

This is an exceptional way for women to show solidarity. Women pieced blocks, women quilted the quilt tops, and the result of their efforts may one day save women who are facing breast cancer. That doesn't mean we discourage men from participating. We hope everyone will help in some way to wipe out this dreadful disease.

If you'd like to participate in the auction, or even if you'd just like to see what is being auctioned, go to www.ebay.com/apqqfc.

Wish me luck!

UPDATE: YEEEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWWWWW!! I WON my first quilt!