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Saturday, May 24, 2014

For Pinks Sakes Blog Hop - May 24


Thanks for stopping by for the For Pinks Sakes Blog Hop. I am hosting this blog hop to raise funds for my mother-in-law's medical expenses. My mother-in-law is a wonderful woman, who has stayed upbeat and positive throughout her battle, but the medical bills from several surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy treatments have left her and her husband with a huge amount of medical bills and have put a major damper on her spirits and her joy at being cancer free after two years. It would be amazing, if you'd consider contributing towards those medical bills. There is a link here or on the right side of my blog.

The amazing ladies who have graciously agreed to participate in this blog hop will be making a pink block and sending it to me to make into a quilt to donate to the Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion in Grand Rapids, MI where my mother-in-law has had all of her cancer treatments. You are welcome to join in and make one too. Instructions can be found here. Everyone who participates either by contributing to my mother-in-law's medical bills, makes a pink block, or shares the link to the donations page will be entered into a give-away that I will be hosting on August 2nd.

Here is the list of participants, go visit our May 24 ladies to see what blocks they've made or if you haven't checked out what our May 10 ladies have made, by all means, visit them too:

May 10
May 24

June 7

June 21

July 5

July 19
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

For Pinks Sakes - August 2 Give-Away

I now have three sponsors for the August 2 participant give-away.

Pink Castle Fabrics is contributing a bundle of polka dot fabrics.

http://www.pinkcastlefabrics.com/ 

The Fat Quarter Shop has very generously agreed to donate a bundle of Project Pink (fitting, I think) and a $75 gift certificate to their shop.

http://www.fatquartershop.com/

And our latest sponsor is Pink Chalk Fabrics. They have been very generous as well and will be providing two of their pink Color Stacks - one Rosey Cheeks and one Vibrant Rose.

https://www.pinkchalkfabrics.com/

I will also be providing a small gift certificate for the give-away. Store TBD.

This is how it's going to work:

On August 2, I will post a give-away post. You will need to leave a comment on the post to enter the give-away.

Entries will be tallied thus:
2 automatic entries for everyone who hosted the blog hop (I will post the comment for you)
1 automatic entry for every pink block I've received by then (I will post the comment for you)
1 entry for every $5 you've contributed towards my mother-in-law's medical bills (you will have to post the comment, since donations can be anonymous)
1 entry for linking to the contributions page on your blog/Facebook page/Twitter/Flickr/Instagram account at any point during the blog hop (your comment to include a link to the page where you've linked it)
1 entry for linking to the blog hop page at any point during the blog hop (your comment to include a link to the page where you've linked it)

Entries will close at midnight EST, August 9.
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Saturday, May 10, 2014

For Pinks Sakes Blog Hop

http://lifesewcrafty.blogspot.com/p/for-pinks-sakes_24.html
 
Thanks for stopping by my blog for the For Pinks Sakes Blog Hop. I am hosting this blog hop for several courageous women who have fought the good fight against breast cancer. My Oma Fini (paternal grandmother), Doris (my maternal grandmother's upstairs neighbor/renter, whose son I grew up with), Ellen (my husband's aunt), and of course, Tina (my mother-in-law). Tina is a wonderful woman, who has stayed upbeat and positive throughout her battle, but the medical bills from several surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy treatments have left her and her husband with a huge amount of medical bills and have put a major damper on her spirits and her joy at being cancer free after two years. It would be amazing, if you'd consider contributing towards those medical bills. There is a link here or on the right side of my blog.
 

The amazing ladies who have graciously agreed to participate in this blog hop will be making a pink block and sending it to me to make into a quilt to donate to the Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion in Grand Rapids, MI where my mother-in-law has had all of her cancer treatments. You are welcome to join in and make one too. Instructions can be found here. Everyone who participates either by contributing to my mother-in-law's medical bills, makes a pink block, or shares the link to the donations page will be entered into a give-away that I will be hosting on August 2nd.

Here is my block:

This is a 4" square paper-pieced block. The pattern can be found on Quilter's Cache, here.

Here is a list of the ladies who are participating in this blog hop. Please go check out their blogs as well. Now with direct links to their blog posts about the hop.
 
May 10
May 24

June 7

June 21

July 5

July 19
 
Pink Blocks Received in the past two weeks:
 From Debra, a fellow DCMQG guild member
 
I have also received blocks from Melinda (May 24) and Kathy (May 10), who will be participating in the blog hop as well, so I'm not going to spoil the surprise. You'll just have to go visit their blogs.
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Monday, May 5, 2014

For Pinks Sakes - Pink Block Specs


If you are interested in making a pink block for the charity quilt I am making to raise breast cancer awareness and funds for my mother-in-law's medical bills from her fight with breast cancer, the specs are below:

Use primarily pink fabrics, a little bit of pattern in a different color is fine, but the fabric should read pink.
It can be any pattern you choose - paper pieced, patchwork, improv, whatever strikes your fancy.
Size doesn't matter, anything over 4" is fine.
It doesn't have to be any particular shape, although I would prefer a rectangle or square.
If you do need a background color for your block, please stick to white or off-white. Low volume that reads white is fine as well.

You are welcome to make more than one. Every pink block made and sent by August 2 will gain you one entry in my participant give-away. To get my address, please email me at DamascSt@gmail.com or reply to this post with your email address.

Thanks!
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