Ned help for a important pattern
08-11-2014, 10:06 PM
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I like all the suggestions so far! I've made one Warm Wishes (friend's baby shower quilt with signatures in some of the squares and an animal print for the other squares/border and 3 other Dimples fabrics..would make one again - even a bigger one for myself one of these days! I also love 9 patch and alternating square.
08-11-2014, 10:14 PM
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I also like yellow brick road for fat quarters. I remember a coworker's mom was diagnosed with cervical cancer and it had spread..I had some swap blocks I was going to do but they were 4 1/2 inches and needed alternating squares cut or more blocks made...I sat down with them and the thought hit me - 'girl you better do something FASTER so she can enjoy this quilt. thankfully I had some fast patterns and pulled one out that was squares sewn together then somehow cut so they looked on point - can't remember the pattern but it was easy - I used some floral flannels I had been saving and had a super duper soft flannet I bought mainly because it felt so nice - I finished the quilt on a Fri/Sat and took the quilt to him the next day. I think she used it 2-3 weeks before she passed and I'm glad I went with something fast. the other quilt she probably would have used maybe a week and it wouldn't have been as soft.
when I was going to do some I Spy quilts someone on another forum told me to just quilt the top to fleece - I wanted another opinion so I had a top done and quilte to some fleece and tossed over my dad and told him to check it out. he was going through chemo and he fell asleep under it almost immediately. it was his favorite quilt to use very soft and warm without feeling heavy. easy to carry too.
hope your friend has a good prognosis- hopefully not cancer but even with cancer they've come a long ways.
when I was going to do some I Spy quilts someone on another forum told me to just quilt the top to fleece - I wanted another opinion so I had a top done and quilte to some fleece and tossed over my dad and told him to check it out. he was going through chemo and he fell asleep under it almost immediately. it was his favorite quilt to use very soft and warm without feeling heavy. easy to carry too.
hope your friend has a good prognosis- hopefully not cancer but even with cancer they've come a long ways.
08-12-2014, 04:05 AM
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Taking care of many woman at hospice I have found most don't realy want something to remind them of their fight with the big C. so I think I'll use pastels and not use much pink
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. And, bless you for wanting to do a special quilt for her.
A simple but pretty quilt is the 9-patch alternating with a plain block. It is quick to make. My dilemma would be the decision about what fabric to use. Would you want to use one of the pretty pink ribbon fabrics? Would that remind her of the fight she's in the middle of or.... would it help her focus on beating this thing? Or, would you use fabrics that she's commented on .... being so pretty, etc.? I guess you know your friend well enough to know what to use. Good luck on your project.
A simple but pretty quilt is the 9-patch alternating with a plain block. It is quick to make. My dilemma would be the decision about what fabric to use. Would you want to use one of the pretty pink ribbon fabrics? Would that remind her of the fight she's in the middle of or.... would it help her focus on beating this thing? Or, would you use fabrics that she's commented on .... being so pretty, etc.? I guess you know your friend well enough to know what to use. Good luck on your project.
08-12-2014, 04:07 AM
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What a wonderful ideaand yes instead of quilting I will do that!
I made a comfort quilt for a friend who had a mastectomy. Even though I SITD the quilt, I placed ties at block intersections, then I passed it around at our church and asked friends to tie one and to say a prayer while they were tying it. All her nurses, doctors, friends and family tied one while she was in the hospital. That way, she was not only wrapped in comfort, she was wrapped in prayer. She loved it, and is now a 5-year survivor. Good luck and healing prayers for your friend. Hospice nurses are truly angels.
08-12-2014, 07:06 AM
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Ok I don't have a quite pattern idea and I might sound a little ridicule here but if you really want to do something for her that will help then try buying her a book. Any of these will do.
Cancer Step Outside the Box by Ty Bollinger
The Breast Stays Put by Pamela Hoeppner
Outsmart Your Cancer Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments That work by Tanya Harper Pierce
Cancer Free Your Guide to Gentle, non-Toxic Healing by Bill Henderson
these are just a few but they are the best place to start.
I was diagnosed in with breast cancer in 2008 or was it 2009, can't really remember now but the point is I let them do a biopsy to confirm that I indeed had cancer and I did. But I opted to find my own way of dealing with it. I can gladly say that I made the right decision by NOT letting traditional medicine turn my cancer into a causality. I was told then that I only had 5 years at best if I didn't under go their cut and burn method and if I tyed to do it on my own I still only had about a 5 year chance of getting through it.
Well, it's been 5 years, I'm still living, no sickness at all, I did change up my diet some but not to drastically and I still smoke cigarets so as far as I'm concerned, THEY LIED!!! and the original lump has shrunk down to about nothing now.
No I don't advise smoking to anyone, cancer or not but I wanted you to see my point and that's the only reason I'm telling that.
So make her a quilt if you feel the need but also buy her a good book on the subject, it will be more then helpful to her and could possible save her life in the end.
Cancer Step Outside the Box by Ty Bollinger
The Breast Stays Put by Pamela Hoeppner
Outsmart Your Cancer Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments That work by Tanya Harper Pierce
Cancer Free Your Guide to Gentle, non-Toxic Healing by Bill Henderson
these are just a few but they are the best place to start.
I was diagnosed in with breast cancer in 2008 or was it 2009, can't really remember now but the point is I let them do a biopsy to confirm that I indeed had cancer and I did. But I opted to find my own way of dealing with it. I can gladly say that I made the right decision by NOT letting traditional medicine turn my cancer into a causality. I was told then that I only had 5 years at best if I didn't under go their cut and burn method and if I tyed to do it on my own I still only had about a 5 year chance of getting through it.
Well, it's been 5 years, I'm still living, no sickness at all, I did change up my diet some but not to drastically and I still smoke cigarets so as far as I'm concerned, THEY LIED!!! and the original lump has shrunk down to about nothing now.
No I don't advise smoking to anyone, cancer or not but I wanted you to see my point and that's the only reason I'm telling that.
So make her a quilt if you feel the need but also buy her a good book on the subject, it will be more then helpful to her and could possible save her life in the end.
08-12-2014, 07:19 AM
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Sending prayers. I had breast cancer and told them to check out the spot they couldn't feel anyway. There was a lump they removed. I told them to check out the spot. I didn't want them to keep an eye on it. Just take it out and proceed to the next step. That spot was cancerous. That was 2 years ago. I go in for a sonogram on my left breast to make sure the plugged ducts that have since become unplugged and not cancerous stay that way. That happens every 3 months. The lump I felt grew within a couple months. They took their time to decide what procedure and after care. Luckily it hadn't grown a lot but enough for alarm. I was fortunate, 7 weeks radiation and my chemo is in the form of arimidex pill once a day for three more years. Sending prayers from the Gulf to help your friend and her family and friends get through this ordeal. Bless you for wanting keep her comforted in the warmth and love of a quilt you make for her.
08-12-2014, 08:17 AM
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lots of cancer patients prefer cheerful and upbeat quilts instead of cancer themed . I know I became sick of the color pink. On the other hand, my husband wears and uses the color purp0le now quite a l0ot. it could be because pancreatic cancer isn't as well organized and publicised.
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