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By Annie #SewPink Initiative: Shining Star

Welcome everyone to the By Annie #SewPink Initiative for 2022 Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Click on the graphic above to go to the home page for this year’s events. Also, here are links to donate, to the blog hop schedule and the #SewPink photo contest! The blog hop features many of your favorite designers with projects they have designed for this event. I hope I am on your list of “favorite designers” and I do have a new project to share.

This is my third year participating. Here are links to my previous projects created for this event: Courage and Hope & Love. My project for this year is called Shining Star.

It’s a celebration of the breast cancer survivors in your life who are your “shining stars”! I have two family members who are survivors, my mom and a sister, and they are my shining stars for sure. This pattern combines my favorite things, quilting and wool appliqué. The appliqué can also be done in fabric if you are not a fan of wool appliqué. This pattern is also available in a PDF instant download.

For fun, I am planning to give away a Shining Star pattern to one of the blog readers this week! Leave a comment below and I will draw for a winner on Monday, October 24th. Those outside the US are eligible for the PDF version.

If you are interested in learning wool appliqué, I have a 3-part mini video series that takes you from template creation to stitching.

Why do I Participate?

As I said above, I have two breast cancer survivors in my family. My sister was diagnosed in her early 30s, so I have been getting mammograms yearly since my early 30s. My mom is a two time survivor and needed to have a mastecomy with her last bout, but she’s still going strong!

Because of my family history, I am vigilant myself when it comes to exams and tests for early detection. There have been great advancements over the years like 3D mammograms and MRI guided biopsies (both of which I have had). I also have a yearly breast MRI in six months after my mammogram. These advancements could not be made without funds raised from initiatives like this. I am grateful to all who work in this field of study to hopefully someday find a cure.

1 in 8 women in their lifetime will be diagnosed with breast cancer…. and you do not have to have a strong family history to be one of those women. That is why I urge you to do the self-exams and make that yearly mammogram visit at the minimum.

The #SewPink Initiative was created by ByAnnie.com LLC to raise awareness for breast cancer throughout the year. Our efforts culminate in an annual blog hop during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month to promote self-care, awareness, early detection and support for those affected by breast cancer.  To learn more and see the calendar of events visit: https://www.ByAnnie.com/SewPINK

To find screenings available near you: 

This year we are again joining forces with Fat Quarter Shop to promote a fundraiser. Their goal of raising $20,000 to donate to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

ByAnnie.com will match every dollar raised on the #SewPINK fundraising page.

Make sure to check out everyone’s blog posts this month for lots of ideas and inspiration:
✂ Oct. 1 :ByAnnie.com Kick off

✂ Oct. 3 : Emmaline Bags

✂ Oct. 4: Hugs ‘N Kisses

✂ Oct. 5: Clover and Violet

✂ Oct. 6: Fat Quarter Shop and the Jolly Jabber

✂ Oct. 7: Sewfinity

✂ Oct. 10: Teresa Coates & Shannon Fabrics

✂ Oct. 11:Beyond the Reef

✂ Oct. 12: Sallie Tomato

✂ Oct. 13: Suzn Quilts

✂ Oct. 17: Snuggles Quilts

✂ Oct. 20: Pat Sloan

✂ Oct. 21: Knot and Thread Design

✂ Oct.23: Sookie Sews 

✂ Oct. 24: Mister Domestic

✂ Oct. 26: A Bright Corner

✂ Oct. 27: Sew Cute and Quirky

✂ Oct. 1 : ByAnnie.com Final Wrap Up

For some fun… here’s my studio cat, Addie, “helping” me cut strips for this project!

***We have a winner! Congrats, Cathy Forslund!***

Happy Quilting & Stitching!
Deanne

By Annie #SewPink Initiative: Hope & Love

Welcome! My name is Deanne Eisenman and I am the owner and designer for Snuggles Quilts. This is my second year taking part in By Annie’s #SewPink Initiative. (Here is my project from last year, Courage) I was excited to take part again and create a new project for breast cancer awareness. I have two family members that are breast Cancer survivors so this is a cause close to my heart.

My favorite type of pattern I create now is a mini wool applique on fabric wall hanging. I call these patterns my “Snugg-lets”. They are no larger than 14 x 16″. They are quick and easy projects that can be done in a few days! So, since it’s my favorite, I decided to make my project for this year’s #SewPink Initiative a Snugg-let! Here it is:

This is a 12 1/2 x 14 1/2″ mini wall hanging. The background is a pieced pink ribbon surrounded by a pieced geese border. I call this pattern: Snugg-let Hope & Love. This is a physical pattern but it is also available at my shop as a PDF download!

I chose the saying that I embroidered on the wall hanging, “From hope & love comes courage & strength”, because I feel that with the love and hope from family and friends, anything is possible. Their hope and love feeds your courage and strength in the battle.

Here are a few photos from creating my pattern:

Because of my family history, I am vigilant myself when it comes to exams and tests for early detection. There have been great advancements over the years like 3D mammograms and MRI guided biopsies (both of which I have had). These advancements could not be made without funds raised from initiatives like this. I am grateful to all who work in this field of study to hopefully someday find a cure.

1 in 8 women in their lifetime will be diagnosed with breast cancer…. and you do not have to have a strong family history to be one of those women. That is why I urge you to do the self-exams and make that yearly mammogram visit at the minimum.

Now for the fun…… comment below and be entered in a drawing for a free pattern for Snugg-let Hope & Love and my Courage pattern from last year! There will also be a special 30% off coupon for any wool kit in my shop. The drawing will be on Monday, November 2nd. So you have plenty of time to enter! ***We have a winner! Congrats, Mary Strong!***

See below for the blog hop schedule! You can still visit blogs that were earlier this month.

Happy Quilting!
Deanne

2020 BLOG HOP SCHEDULE

The #SewPink Initiative was created by ByAnnie.com LLC to raise awareness for breast cancer throughout the year. Our efforts culminate in an annual blog hop during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month to promote self-care, awareness, early detection and support for those affected by breast cancer. 

To learn more and see the calendar of events visit: https://www.ByAnnie.com/SewPINK
To find screenings available near you: 

To donate directly to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation visit: https://give.bcrf.org/give/31404/#!/donation/checkout

By Annie #SewPink Initiative: Courage

Welcome! My name is Deanne Eisenman and I am the owner and designer for Snuggles Quilts. When I heard about the By Annie #SewPink Initiative I was excited to take part. I have two family members that are breast Cancer survivors so this is a cause close to my heart.

I decided to create this wall hanging called Courage as my contribution:

If you follow me on my blog, you know as a quilt pattern designer one of my passions is pieced patterns with applique, either in fabric or wool. This wall hanging represents that passion. It incorporates a pieced pink ribbon within a star, a block I call the Hope Star block, that is ringed with floral wool applique.

I chose the black-eyed susan flower and thyme flowers for the applique because of what they represent in “flower language”. Black-eyed susans represent “encouragement” and thyme flowers represent courage and strength. All things those who are battling breast cancer need and cherish from their family and friends.

Here’s some photos documenting the creation of the project, with a little help from my studio cat, Addie.

Because of my family history, I am vigilant myself when it comes to exams and tests for early detection. There have been great advancements over the years like 3D mammograms and MRI guided biopsies (both of which I have had). These advancements could not be made without funds raised from initiatives like this. I am grateful to all who work in this field of study to hopefully someday find a cure.

1 in 8 women in their lifetime will be diagnosed with breast cancer…. and you do not have to have a strong family history to be one of those women. That is why I urge you to do the self-exams and make that yearly mammogram visit at the minimum.

For this initiative, I will be offering my Courage pattern for 30% in my store through November 15, 2019 when you use the code: 30OFF at checkout. Then you can donate those extra funds to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (see link below)! Be sure to use the code 30OFF at checkout until November 15th. This is a physical pattern. A PDF version will be available for purchase on October 30th.

Happy Quilting!
Deanne

The #SewPink Initiative was created by ByAnnie.com LLC to raise awareness for breast cancer during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. They have pledged to raise funds to donate to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation through sales and promote action through giveaways.

For more information please visit their official #SewPINK information page: https://www.byannie.com/2019-SewPINK

To donate directly visit: https://give.bcrf.org/give/31404/#!/donation/checkout

To see the calendar of events visit: https://www.byannie.com/2019-SewPINK#calendar

ByAnnie will be donating 30% of profits on all SewPINK items sold on their web store. You can search for SewPINK items on their website or see the list of items here: https://www.byannie.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=sewpink