medical conditions represented in fabric & ribbon colors
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Could I give a different perspective on the "cause" type fabrics & quilts? Unless someone requested one from me I would never make one. I am very active on a large breast cancer discussion board & many women there are, with good reason, vehemently anti Komen, pink ribbons & pink breast cancer awareness month. One woman commented after Christmas about getting all kinds of pink ribbon stuff for presents. Just what she wanted...to be constantly reminded, plus to be treated like all she is is a cancer patient.
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One of my co-workers just told me that purple is for Lupus. Timeless Treasures has just come out with a new "ribbon" fabric that they offer both in pink and purple. Here's a picture of the purple colorway:
http://www.favoritefabric.com/cgi/co...key=TTPRWORDPU
http://www.favoritefabric.com/cgi/co...key=TTPRWORDPU
wikipedia has a page that lists all the colors and what they are used to represent that may be very useful as well !
They list Diabetes awareness as Grey or half grey half light blue !
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Could I give a different perspective on the "cause" type fabrics & quilts? Unless someone requested one from me I would never make one. I am very active on a large breast cancer discussion board & many women there are, with good reason, vehemently anti Komen, pink ribbons & pink breast cancer awareness month. One woman commented after Christmas about getting all kinds of pink ribbon stuff for presents. Just what she wanted...to be constantly reminded, plus to be treated like all she is is a cancer patient.
i happen to agree with you. While people mean well, I would not want to receive a bunch of "ribbons". I really hate the commercialisms of cancer esp breast cancer in October. I wonder what retailers spend on. " pink" check out bags, etc for a cause. Donate those funds directly to the research IMHO. I am "aware" of breast cancer. I have friends who have been diagnosed and/or died from it.
i am guilty of making an breast cancer spa bag for someone. I machine embroidered designs on it meant to uplift and encourage. In retrospect.....I am not so sure that my well meaning gift was a positive gesture. The recipient, to this day, "Defines" her life around her diagnosis. Now I know that my gift has nothing to do with her general personal outlook but I also did not know her that well at that time (five years ago ) and I have since witnessed her negative outlook on what she had gone through. And really, life in general. She is cancer- free but has other health issues that also drag her down. She is also a vey private person. I secretly hope she threw my gift away.
Know your recipient really well before you make/give them cancer related items and what their attitude toward such "celebrations" may be. My 2 cents.
Sandy
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Could I give a different perspective on the "cause" type fabrics & quilts? Unless someone requested one from me I would never make one. I am very active on a large breast cancer discussion board & many women there are, with good reason, vehemently anti Komen, pink ribbons & pink breast cancer awareness month.
There are "wear your disease on your car" people and those who are the opposite. So, unless I was making the quilt for a clinic, i'd want to be sure about my audience.
hugs,
Charlotte
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It's not just the "wear your disease on your car" thing. These charities spend most of their money on "awareness" but poor education as to what that means, and a very small percentage of that money going to research for a cure for metastatic breast cancer. The statistics on survival have barely budged for decades. Point of fact, most breast cancer is not found by screening mammograms. It is found by diagnostic mammograms on women who have found an abnormality themselves.
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Hugs,
Charlotte
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hugs,
Charlotte
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This site doesn't have fabric but it is a list of what each color represents. Most of the colors represent many different diseases and/or social issues.
http://www.disabled-world.com/disabi...ss/ribbons.php
http://www.disabled-world.com/disabi...ss/ribbons.php
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