Last week I ordered a quilt frame and its supposed to come sometime this week. I'm soo excited! I'll be able to make big quilts more easily now.
I am designing a breast cancer quilt that I would like to auction off in a silent auction as a fund rasier for the Relay for Life. It will have a white or off white background with a giant pink ribbon in the middle. All around the ribbon will be log cabin blocks (don't know if anyone knows what those look like). For each bar in the log cabin blocks, I'm going to quilt the name of a breast cancer survivor or victim. I did the math and I should need 952 names for my quilt. I wanted to give my friends here at the forum first dibs on getting names of people who they know on the quilt. So, if you know someone who has or had breast cancer, will you share a name?
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Here is a picture of what the quilt looks like now. I might modify the top part of the ribbon, but this will give you the idea of what it will look like. The blocks around the ribbon with all of the pieces are the log cabin blocks. That is where the names will go.
quote: Unfortunately, I have a few names for your quilt.
I would consider that to be a good thing.
I have been asked if I am taking first names or whole names. Since I will have pieces that are going to be small and large, I will take first names, first and last names, or just initials.
If you have friends who know of people whose names could be on the quilt, let them know about the quilt and then ask for names.
I am not sure if we will do the silent auction...I might end up doing a raffle...or drawing (same thing, I suppose) since that might bring in more donations than the silent auction.
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Well, when it's all finished and you're ready to raffle it or whatever, let me know and I'll buy a bunch of tickets! Then, I'll raffle it off again and donate the money if I win it.
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quote: Well, when it's all finished and you're ready to raffle it or whatever, let me know and I'll buy a bunch of tickets! Then, I'll raffle it off again and donate the money if I win it.
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It would be neat if everyone who ended up with it did that, and you could track it and find out how much money ended up being made (donated) off that one quilt!
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The pink ribbon is for breast cancer, and that was originally going to be what my quilt is for, but I was thinking more, and the Relay for Life is for all types of cancer. Should I make the ribbon a different color??? Should I put names of people who had other types of cancers also?? What do you guys think???
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I think a lot of people know what the pink ribbon is for. It is recognized instantly. Another color, and others may not realize, and have to ask, what the significance of the color is. The only other color I can think of, is yellow, because Lance Armstrong wears the yellow band & sells them to support cancer research from his website. However, a yellow ribbon is widely used already, for "supporting our troops". I think it would be fine to include other types of cancer victims/survivors on the quilt. I could give you several names from my family and my hubby's family. If you decide to use more than just breast cancer, just say so, and I'll include the others.
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I guess I will just stick to breast cancer for this quilt. I did find out that lavendar is for all cancers in general and baby blue is for prostate cancer. So, I will do the breast cancer quilt for this year, and perhaps a lavendar one for next year and the blue one for the year after that.
Please make sure we get a chance to buy tickets, or whatever, for this quilt if it's possible. This subject hits a little close to home with me.
I explained in the PM.
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i think it is awesome and i am posting my names (and how they fit) here. mostly so that if anyone should read this and know these people, they will know that they are remembered.
first (and closest to my heart) is Nelda Picheo. she was my great aunt on my father's side and absolutely one of my favorite people growing up. i still miss her and she has been gone a long time.
second is Henrietta Mead. the land i grew up on was purchased from her and her husband. i think she is the first person i ever knew with breast cancer.
the third is Eileen Hudspeth. Mrs. Eileen is the grandmother of one of my daughter's friends from middle/high school and is still hanging in - although the cancer has spread horribly, she was in church for the Christmas eve service!
i think what you are doing is a wonderful thing, and i am proud of you. please be sure to post a picture of the quilt when you are done!
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Jen...this is AWESOME!!! I would be honored to have my mother's name on the quilt...Helen Williams...I miss her SO!!! And my sister~in~law who has jus finished her Chemo (for this month) Mildred Walker. And a VERY dear friend Grace Drye (survivor)who is a nurse and does medical missions with her husband...they help SO many people who have no medical resources in many different countries. I'm with Cindy on the raffle thing...I will raffle your ears off...and help in any other way you need it...like do you need material, thread,an 18 m/o baby to keep you awake so you can work on it longer??????(oops, guess you wouldn't want that, Peanut is driving me crazy right now)Anything you need I will pitch in...just let me know! This ia a GOOD thing you are doing!
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Your quilt is so beautiful! What a moving project to work on - I'm at the thought!
Have you decided to limit the names to victims of breast cancer? If you are including other types of cancer, I have names to add to the quilt if you have the space.
You're doing a great job - please let us know if we can contribute to the project!
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Ok Jenn.. I think I'll follow suit here and give you names I know- Lottie Whitmore, she was my husband's great grandmother, and a very sweet woman. Lillian Huffman, my very own grandmother, who's still kicking. Can't say the same for my grandfather who passed away from a different cancer. Colleen Patrick, a writer, a friend, a survivor.
And definately, let us know when that raffle is!! I like Cindy's idea too.. if it's won, re-raffle it to donate again!!
I have a couple of names...and don't forget that "VERY SPECIAL" name I PM'd you
Marie Dorsey-My maternal Aunt,she passed when I was 11. During her hospital stays she crocheted afghans,the last one she made was for me and she finished it 1 month before she passed(I still have it!)
Lee Thompson-Maries daughter. Cancerous changes were found and she endured a double mastectomy. She is a very "volunteer" oriented person and has survived to help her community again.
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Thanks for the names! So far I have 13 names for my list. I've once again revamped the quilt because I found more rotated blocks in it!! But, I think I've got it completely figured out now. I've added a deeper color pink to it to get that 3 dimensional look to it. Let me know what you think of it....do you like it all the same color pink or with the 2 pinks?
Thank you to those who want to donate to the quilt. I'm not one for asking for help, but since you've volunteered, I will definately take whatever your willing to donate!! I've got thread to sew the blocks together, but I don't have the fabrics that I'll need. I thought about going to JoAnn Fabrics or Wal-mart and asking if they would like to donate to the project, but I'm not sure if that will take alot of time??? The Relay is in July and I need to have the quilt done by at least May to show it so that people will buy into the raffle. So, here is a list of fabric that I will need for the top of the quilt.
1 yard of the medium/dark pink 7 yards of the medium/light pink
and a whopping 14 1/2 yards for the white/cream/off white color this calculation is probably NOT right. I'm sending the picture of the quilt to my MIL and she is going to figure out how much of this I'll need.
I will also need 5 or 6 spools of pink hand quilting thread for after the top is done and I'm ready to quilt the top.
PM me if you'd like to donate so that I can give you my address and tell you what kind of fabric to look for.
Thanks soo much, Cindy. I'm going to give anyone who donates to the quilt credit on the label...which is a big deal...its not everyday you get your name on a label!
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I was thinking the same thing as Cindy (scared me) I know that not all Wally Worlds carry the same thing and YOU need to get what you want to work with..so I'm sending cash also. You're a good girl Jenn!
quote:What's Peanut doing up tis time of the night?
I am such a night owl and he KNOWS if he wakes up and I am awake I WILL go get him and rock him (it's the sweetest time)so if he hears me up during the night...he let's me know! What cha gonna do???
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This is such a wonderful idea (and you sound like a wonderful person). All of these ideas are great. My support will definitely be there for you. (I'll send $ and p.m. names)
I love the tracking the quilt idea and raffling it off (or raising money in any way)by each winner/owner of the quilt. It could be never-ending fund-raising for breast cancer awareness. Or to fund mammograms. I get reminded of a website everyday to click on to fund free mammograms. Each click is a mammogram.
I thought I had posted this morning, but my computer froze up... I have thought about this all day.
I know you must LOVE quilting. I think a baby blue for prostate cancer would be nice too. And do it the same way. OF course, that is a LOT of work for you.
I will help out in any way that I can. I work in the health field so I know I could sell alot of tickets there (if anyone raffles) plus to everyone else... (family/friends).
It is a BEAUTIFUL quilt and I DO like the 3D version best. Great idea.
My Granny Brown would love this idea... She has made more quilts than anyone I know and just got diagnosed with cancer (stomach, etc.).
Les
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Cindy...you make my day...you are such a HOOT! Or as my sis would say...a hoot & 1/2!
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I was just talking to the hubby about this and he was thinking (he has a lot of time to think) (and doesn't think like Cindy!) that it would be better if we sent you a Wal-Mart gift card so you wouldn't have to deal with out of state check hassels...so that's what we're a doin!
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The funny thing is.... she's telling the truth!
But, she can be an . (Don't let her fool you)
I love her for both these traits!
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there is only room in this house for one of us to be thinkin like you! How did I GET that job?????
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I've already started thinking about the next quilt. The ribbon is going to be lavendar...the color for cancer awarness in general. That quilt will be open to names of people who have had all types of cancers. Since each specific type of cancer has it's own awareness color (ovarian=green, prostate=blue, etc), I will make the log cabin blocks consist of all of those colors. So, the quilt will be multi-colored all around the single large lavendar ribbon.
Thanks again to those who are donating, I really appreciate it. I am trying to figure out a way that I can get the person who wins it to raffle it off and so on. My MIL, who thinks like Cindy ALL the time!! , thought that having a continuous raffle for the quilt was an awesome idea.
I've emailed JoAnn Fabrics and asked if they would donate to the quilt. I am waiting for them to answer. I couldn't find an email for Wal-mart tho. So, I'm hoping that I can find the manager of my Super Wal-mart while I'm there today. I'll keep you all posted.
Oh...Cricket~ I can't remember if I ever answered your question. This quilt will just be for breast cancer, BUT, make sure you PM me your names when I start the next quilt, ok?
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Jenn, This is just a thought off the cuff, but why don't you email like the head foundation of Breast Cancer Awareness and tell them of your you're going to do, and I'll bet you'd not only get help from them, but may give them a national idea as well.... Just an idea but one that sounds like it would fly with some help!!!
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Great idea! I'm sure that the American Cancer Society is the head of that...but I will have to look into it. I know where the Breast Cancer website is, so I will look there. What do you think I should ask them for??...like, how do I word it?
After I make the quilt, I'm going to write to the newspaper and to the news stations and to the local radio stations to see if they will do a story on the quilt to get people to buy raffle tickets.
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I wrote to the person in charge of the local ACS things and also to ACS directly. Here is what I told them.
quote: Hello,
I am wondering if there is anyway that you or the ACS can help me. I live in Berks County, but participate in the Relay for Life in Sullivan County with my mother in law. As a fund raiser for our team, the Pink Flamingos, I have designed a quilt and will be raffling it off. I have attached a picture of the quilt to this email. The quilt will be 90” square and will have a large pink ribbon in the middle with large “log cabin” blocks around it. In each “log” of the log cabin blocks, I plan to quilt the name of a someone lost to breast cancer, some who currently has breast cancer, or a breast cancer survivor. I will need over 950 names (first and last names, first names, or just initials) for the quilt. I am wondering if there is any way that you can help me spread the word about my quilt. I don’t really know how to go about doing that.
Some friends of mine have also come up with a great idea for the quilt. We thought it would be really cool if the person who wins the quilt does their own raffle for the quilt and the next winner do the same, and so on. This way, the quilt could generate more money. So far, I have gotten offers from all over the nation to buy tickets for the quilt, but I do not know how I could keep track of where the quilt would travel or how much money the quilt would raise. Is it possible that the ACS would like to adopt the idea as a perpetual fund raiser??
Thank you for whatever help you can offer. Sincerely, Jennifer Vermeire
Hopefully I will hear from him soon.
I've also sent out an email to my friends asking for names.
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I got an email from Joann Fabrics. They gave me an address that I'm supposed to write to and ask for the donation. So, I wrote up a letter to the lady, explained to her what the quilt is for, and sent a copy of the quilt design. I also gave her the chance to give me names for the quilt. ...and asked her to pass the information to anyone she knows.
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Well, I am excited about the "general" quilt! I lost my entire family..both sets of grandparents, parents, aunts & Uncles to various kinds of cancer in a 5 year period...it was/is HORRIBLE! My sister & her 2 children and my son are all that is left from a really large family. So I can fill half that quilt with names! We use to have large family reunions and holiday dinners and I miss that so much! You just never know!
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Well, then I think I start taking names for the "all cancers" quilt right now also (as long as we don't forget about the breast cancer quilt...that is what I will work on first). I re-counted and I need a total of 905 for the breast cancer quilt. ...of course, I might have counted wrong again. Anyone else want to try? PM me with your email address and I'll send you a larger copy of the quilt.
For names for the all cancers quilt, I will need the names...or initials... along with what kind of cancer it was. I, also, have names for that quilt. I found out that my aunt had breast cancer. I didn't know that. She died from lung cancer, but had a mastectomy about 20 years ago.
Lastnight before I went to bed, I sent a mass email out to just about everyone in my online contacts. I explained to them the quilt and everything. This morning I didn't have anything in my mail, but when I got home from work tonight, I had like 12 emails, almost all of them with a name of two. Some of my friends have forwarded the email to their contact list and some of their friends have forwarded the quilt and information yet again! So, now I'm really excited! I'm going to write to the local newspaper and ask them to print up a story about the quilt and to put contact information for me in the story so that people around here can give me names. I'm also going to write to a couple of local news networks.
I'm now up to 36 names on the list. ...5 for the "general cancers" quilt.
That was a well-written letter to ACS. I work for the dept. for public health system so I will get the letter around to some of my coworkers if you'd like.
Here is the link that has been going around to fund mammograms. There may even be someone to contact on this site.
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Well, obviously I didn't do something right...
Well you can go to "thebreastcancersite.com".
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