Handmade Quilts Support Important Alzheimer’s Research Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative helps fund significant discovery

LIVERMORE, CA, December 15, 2010--Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a promising tool in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, thanks in part to the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI). The AAQI awarded a $30,000 grant to the University of Michigan for research led by assistant professor Mi Hee Lim.TheQuiltShow.com (TQS), hosted by nationally recognized quilt artists Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, recently devoted an entire episode to the AAQI. TQS is the premier online television and lifestyle site for quilters worldwide. Anderson and Tims invited Ami Simms, AAQI