Fast forward a few months only to discover that several of the beautiful ladies within our blogging community were battling breast cancer. Mdm Samm came up with a wonderful idea of a blog hop, where we could make something using her fabulous pattern from the previous We Support You Quilt, (You may e-mail her directly to purchase the pattern which is $12.00- madamesamm@me.com) to show our love and support for those who were struggling with breast cancer. The wonderful Pat from Life in the Scrapatch has been keeping us focused and on task. Mdm Samm, and Pat both deserve mega hugs for all that they do for us!
Breast Cancer touches many of us in one way or another. According to the National Breast Cancer Organization 1 in 8 women will have breast cancer in their lifetime. While I do not know anyone currently with breast cancer personally, my great grandmother who helped raised me had breast cancer at 80 years of age. That was many years ago and I can still remember what kind of treatment options were available and how it affected her. I must say that things have progressed tremendously since then. Anyway on with my submission.
First of all please forgive my photos. The best time to take pictures is in early morning sunshine, or late afternoon sunshine, with my job I am working at those times so my only opportunity to take photos was smack dab in the middle of the day, and of course it was a cloudless day with gorgeous blue skies, and bright sunshine reflecting off of the snow we had left.
I decided to make one bra. I reduced the pattern by about 25%, chose my fabrics and put it together.
Now I have 5 bras and didn't have a clue what to do with them. So I decided to make a big flower wall hanging. Wow my flower did not end up centered very well....artistic license.
I then embroidered the logo and that was my flower center. I learned from my previous mistake. This time I used a glue stick....which is not the optimum to use on such a large piece to stick down, but hey whatever works.
I quilted with an all over meander, don't look to close to the quilting there was some tension problem, which I will fix later on.
I love how it all turned out.
Here are the rest of the ladies participating today.
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and the rest of the hop.
Jan 30th
Feb 2nd
Feb 3rd
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Feb 5th
Feb 6th
Feb 9th
Feb 10th
Feb 11th
Thanks for stopping by.
Colette ... this is sew creative! I love how you thought smaller and scaled down the pattern and made a petal for each of your daughters' unique personalities. Lovely quilting. May you and your girls be blessed and cancer free. Thank your for sewing your support and joining in this hop ... :) Pat
ReplyDeleteIf you only knew how hard it was for me to get this completed. I hope I didn't miss anything and all the links worked. Sometimes blogger isn't the greatest when you preview. Thank you for your sweet comment.
DeleteLove how you made a flower out of your bras! Thank you for sharing and joining the hop.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting and the kind comment.
DeleteI love your quilt! I am just getting into the free motion quilting. It can be super fun, but challenging in the beginning. You look like you can cruise right away at it!
ReplyDelete~Corrie
I have a huge cheat. My dear sweet hubby built me a quilting frame, much like the very expensive ones and we retro fitted an old Singer model 15-91 to use on it. There are some challenges some days, but I am sure there are whenever you quilt. I just keep practicing. Thank you for stopping by and the lovely comment.
DeleteI adore all the pink fabrics and the different trims. What great ideas. I love the flower with all the petals with one for each daughter. What a great tribute and what a great way to remember each of them in a special way. I wish I could get the hang of free motion quilting. As I tell people if I practiced it as much as I have practiced sewing all these years, I be great at it, too! Great job. What a great way to get the first day of the hop off to a great start.
ReplyDeleteI had so much fun finding pink fabrics. If you looked at my cutting table there were lots of discarded "cups" cause they just didn't quite fit the color of the feel. I have a huge advantage. My hubby made me a quilting frame, which I can run a Singer model 15-91 so it is a wee bit easier to FMQ. I practice, a bit then just decided what the heck jump in and go girl. Thank you for stopping by and leaving the sweet comment.
DeleteYour wall quilt is really sweet. Love how each petal represents your daughters.
ReplyDeleteAwe thank you very much.
DeleteI love the variety of trims and fabrics you used to give each adorable bra its own personality! They are all lovely. (I am just figuring out how to quilt in a straight line without an oops, so I think your quilting is amazing!)
ReplyDeleteThank you it gave me a reason to do a little shopping, and I had fun playing. I can't stitch in the ditch. As one lovely lady said one time I stitch in the ditch, over the ditch, beside the ditch, and through the ditch. I just practice a little and go for it!
DeleteI love your flower bra's or eeeehm bra flowers....You made me laugh out loud with the artistic license and design features! I am trying to put a quilt top together at the moment, which requires a lot of .....well.....fiddling? I felt supported in a totally unexpected way! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI worked in IT for many years, we used those terms liberally when after days, sometimes weeks or months of testing to only go live and it not work the way it did in the test environment. : S Thanks for the sweet comment.
DeleteSo cute bra's, this is a great quilt! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I enjoyed making them, now I have the pattern in case I ever need to make more in the future.
DeleteSo cute bra's, this is a great quilt! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletelove your artistic creation. and love that you have different bra personalities. very supportive and cool
ReplyDeleteAwe thank you. Wait until you see what kind of mischief I am going to get into next.
DeleteSuch cute little bras. So very supportive.
ReplyDeleteOh thank you for the sweet comment.
DeleteThat is a great idea to represent all the women in your family with different bras! Your fabric choices are so pretty too.
ReplyDeleteThanks I had a good time finding the fabrics, ribbons and trims.
DeleteSo inventive!!! great idea to do this for everyone
ReplyDeleteThank you. With all the ladies in the household even though some are still little girls I could have made quite the quilt.
DeleteI love how you used your artistic license on that bra flower...too cute! Your meandering quilting looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThank you I had to have some excuse for not taking it apart.
Deleteso artistic, what a way to honour so many women in our lives....blessings to you all
ReplyDeleteThank you I enjoyed the pattern, struggled a bit with ideas but got through it and finished!
Deletehttp://kwiltkrazy.blogspot.ca link to the next lady is not working...please add this so we can find her as easily as we found you..thanks so much
ReplyDeleteNovel idea - well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I struggled with a plan for a while.
DeleteWhat a sweet little quilt. You did a lovely job on the tiny bra's.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I enjoyed playing with the fabric and pattern.
DeleteWhat nice colors for bras, which I had that many to choice from. Love the little quilt.
ReplyDeleteOh I know. I have a plan I have learned something new and fun.
DeleteWhat a great idea....after all, our daughters are the flowers in our lives. :) Beautiful! blessings, marlene
ReplyDeleteThat is what I thought how very precious they are to me, as are my grand daughters. Thank you for the lovely comment.
DeleteLove it! Such wonderful fabrics and trims--great work!
ReplyDeleteThank you I had so much fun acquiring them.
DeleteI love how you made one for each girl and then turned it into a big flower.
ReplyDeleteIt all started with the wild child one which I had picked out the fabric to make a pillow case, which then turned into a chap stick holder, and tissue holder. I am getting a lot of mileage from that fabric. That is how the idea came about.
DeleteLove your "flower petals". Does each daughter have to guess which one is her? Love the pinks, such cute fabrics.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they could figure it out. Sometimes our perception of ourselves is much different than what our parent's perception is. I don't know if they could figure it out. I enjoyed choosing the fabrics though
DeleteHow sweet that you made one for each daughter! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI had to figure out some project and I thought it was a great way to remember to pray each and every day for all of the daughters, sometimes you "forget" the ones that are not having trials and tribulations and only focus on the current set of problems going on.
DeleteHow sweet that you made one for each daughter! Great job!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is great! Little girls are like flowers in our lives and this is perfect.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the lovely comment.
DeleteWhat a perfect little quiltie for your family. Such deep meaning...sure to become one of the treasured heirlooms!
ReplyDeleteI am sure a couple of them will love it, not all of my daughters appreciate home made stuff though. It has meaning to me though.
DeleteFun idea, love the fairy frost one :)
ReplyDeleteI loved how that one turned out too. Do you know how many different colors of fairy frost there are in a light pink?
DeleteWhat a cute idea! I may have to steal it sometime LOL. I have twin granddaughters and one daughter of my own so my flower will be much smaller :)
ReplyDeleteTrillium are fabulous three petal flowers. Thank you for the sweet comment.
DeleteGreat idea. And it turned out beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I was pleased with my results.
DeleteLooks like you had way too much fun making that quilt. It's great!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the pattern, and it was so much fun choosing the fabrics and trims.
DeleteWhat a cute quilt.....one for each daughter was such a good idea !
ReplyDeleteThank you. Maybe someday I will again revisit the pattern and include all the grand daughters.
DeleteLike your bras maybe you could get a job designing them
ReplyDeleteROFL Wait until you see what I am up to next.
DeleteNice work! Loved the presentation. You did good!
ReplyDeleteAwe thanks for the wonderful comment.
DeleteAhhh...sew cute. Love the pearl one. You must have enjoyed this pattern as much as me, couldn't make just one! Hugs, ~Cori
ReplyDeleteOh they were like potato chips you couldn't just stop at one.
DeleteAhhh...sew cute. Love the pearl one. You must have enjoyed this pattern as much as me, couldn't make just one! Hugs, ~Cori
ReplyDeleteGorgeous materials for all your bras - what fun making one for each daughter.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun matching their personalities, but keeping the pink.
DeleteThank you sew much for Supporting this hop. Very clever of you to create Support bras for each of your daughters. May a cure be found very soon.
ReplyDeleteOh it was important that I be able to participate even if I did not have anyone currently fighting breast cancer.
DeleteFabulous quilt, love how you personalized the bras for your daughters!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Thank you for the lovely comment.
DeleteGreat job. Wonderful to honor each of your daughters. The bra fabric choices are so sweet.
ReplyDeleteThank you. The statistics are staggering really if you look at them. I enjoyed choosing fabrics and trims.
DeleteVery sweet. Great fabric choices.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the wonderful comment.
DeleteLove each and every petal. Great fabric choices and the trims are perfect.
ReplyDeleteThank you I picked the trims up first before I really decided to make the piece to the extent I did.
DeleteWonderful idea and loved the fabrics and the sweet trim on the bras. Thanks for support those of us who have Breast .Cancer and also survived it. 10 year survior
ReplyDeleteContinued hugs and prayers for you to remain cancer free. Thank you for the lovely comment.
DeleteClever design for your petals. And good for you on keeping going with the applique even when encountering difficulties. I like how that creates new design elements that would have otherwise not been.
ReplyDeleteI totally enjoy making "art" quilts which surprised me. I love making normal ones though too. So many ideas, so little time. Thanks for the kind comment and visiting.
DeleteColette, you made me smile with your post. Reading about your appliqué struggles nade me feel sitting next to you and also try, LOL. Five daughters, waoh, you are great. I am sometimes struggling with my 3 boys, but 5 girls, you must be superwoman!
ReplyDeleteThe idea if the flower is very creative, I like this version very much!
So let's pray and hope that none of us will have to struggle this disease!
Hugs
Misery loves company. I want to learn to applique and I have some bloggy friends who are fabulous at it. We are a blended family, luckily for us they were all adults when we married, but there is still a bit of sibling rivalry which goes on. We experience boys now, the youngest daughter has 3 boys from age 2 -7 they are a whole different animal.
DeleteYour design and finished piece is truly fabulous and I do hope that your family beats the odds and never had to experience breast cancer.
ReplyDeleteNot too sure if we will be that fortunate, but pray for a cure. Recently had contact from my mother's, father's family.They warned of breast,cervical, and ovarian cancers which seem to run in the family.
Deletewhat a cute collection of little bras. A nice way to show them off as well as your support
ReplyDeletein stitches
Thank you. They were fun to make.
Deletewhat a cute collection of little bras. A nice way to show them off as well as your support
ReplyDeletein stitches
You created a one of a kind way to show support and I like it very much. Love all that quilting in your project and to make a flower was a great out of the box idea.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the sweet comment. I had to figure out a way to use 5, and I knew I didn't have time to make 7 more, and the young ones are not quite there yet with their style.
DeleteFIVE DAUGHTERS ?????!!!! Oh My Word!!! What a great idea to make 5 bras indicating each daughter's personality. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteBlessings
Gmama Jane
We are a blended family. All of the girls were grown up when we got married but we still have a bit of sibling rivalry every now and then. Love each and every one of them, even though they all make me nuts every now and then.
DeleteI can commiserate with taking pictures in the snow!! It is very difficult and you did a nice job. I think your quilt is so nice and it illustrates the statistics so well.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was funny, but pictures in the snow are very tough and not as forgiving as just some snow. Thank you for the sweet comment.
DeleteJust Love your story behind the design!! and it turned out so nice too!
ReplyDeleteHuggs, Nancy
Thank you for the lovely comment.
Deleteso cute. I love all the trim you used. well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much. I had so much fun. I miss sewing for little girls used to love to add ribbons, and lace to their dresses.
Deletenice work.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
DeleteThe quilt turned out cute!
ReplyDeleteThanks I had a few challenges but I am getting a wee bit better. Practice, practice, practice.
DeleteEach and everyone is so cute. I want real lingerie that pretty. I love how you then put them all together in a flower. A circle of life and support. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have pretty lingerie like that too. Thank you for the lovely comment.
DeleteI loved all your different bras. What fun that must have been - finding the special fabrics and trims. Yep, mistakes are only creative moments waiting to happen!! Your creativeness was perfect. Support the cause and the girls!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
DeleteWhat a sweet design. Five super stylish bras, and a lovely finish.
ReplyDeleteI had fun with the fabrics and trims. Now DH wants me to hang it somewhere since I worked so much on it. ROFL.
DeleteI love all your different bras. Very clever to try and match them to your daughters' personalities.
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty simple. I enjoyed working on it.
DeleteIt's the story behind the quilt that means so much! What a wonderful memory quilt.
ReplyDeleteThat is what hubby says too.
DeleteColette...love your story and your quilt. Isn't it wonderful to go through such frustration and end up with a beautiful quilt. Great job!! Thanks for sharing your support!! Happy stitching, Pauline
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
DeleteWhat a wonderful creation! Thanks for sharing it with us. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you. Dh is needling me about finding a home for it. I told him that I don't think some of the family would find it appropriate. He says it is so pretty I should show it off.
DeleteAdmire your creativity!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the sweet comment.
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