Good Morning, Quilters!
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.
Statistics show that 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime…that means that 1250 of The Inbox Jaunt’s 10,000 followers will face breast cancer!
The best way to fight breast cancer is to have a plan that helps you detect breast cancer in its early stages.
Read more at The National Breast Cancer Foundation HERE.
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Sulky is offering the Pretty Pink Giveaway– 18 spools of their gorgeous thread: 40 wt Rayon (one of my go-to threads–see below), 40 wt cotton and 12 wt cotton –to one lucky winner.
ENTER TO WIN
Please leave a comment--anything you want to say about Breast Cancer, thread, or just write: “Pretty in Pink”
One lucky winner will be chosen at random on Friday.
THINGS TO DO NOW
Learn the warning signs of Breast Cancer HERE
Read about Breast Cancer Prevention and Early Detection HERE
Take a Breast Cancer Risk Assessment HERE
Consider a donation to one of the many Breast Cancer organizations.
Spread the word–encourage your family and friends to learn more about Breast Cancer prevention.
Enter to win the Sulky Pretty Pink Giveaway.
Whatever you choose to do this October, remember YOU can make a difference…
Lori
767 comments
geri kuster
Have made several chemo quilts, to cover friends with love and prayers during their treatments.
Becky Shaffer
What a terrible disease, but we’ve come a long way toward curing it.
Holly Ann
I’ve been getting annual screening for many, many years. So grateful my clinic has the newest digital imaging equipment now. One more tool to take away some of the worry. I am a survivor of another type of cancer and from communicating with BC survivors, I believe they had the tougher fight. Much empathy and respect for them. Such a pretty pink clollection … nice that it is a mixture of weights and fiber.
SHill
My both got Breast cancer at 35. She was lucky. Was cure.
Janet
My best friend is fighting strong, pretty in pink!
Ruth Van Dyke
Gorgeous thread and a worthy cause.
Mary Rose
Thanks to modern advancements my mom was a breast cancer survivor so I didn’t lose her like she lost her mom.
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Thank God for great medicine!
Anna
I am a 6 year survivor! woohoo!!!! Love you PRETTY IN PINK!!!
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Hurray!
Donna
Check you bumps for lumps!
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Lol! Great way to remember
Louise
Pretty in Pink
Elaine
I am a nurse who cares for post reconstruction survivors. You ladies are tough! Stay strong and keep up the fight…
Ellen
I was diagnosed August 31st. They found it via a mammogram–it was in deep toward the center, so it would have had to get very large before a manual exam would have found it. Get your mammograms, everyone! And Pretty in Pink!
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You are in our thoughts and prayers!
Aftermath Quilting
Pretty in Pink.
My sister-in-law is going through breast cancer right now. She is very brave!
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Stay strong!
Jane VanWijnen
Lost my sister-in-law to extremely aggressive breast cancer. She is missed so much! We do the breast cancer walk in our community in her memory
and won for the best dressed (in pink)
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So sorry!
Susan
Two of the lovely ladies in my guild are survivors, so glad they are, I can’t imagine not seeing their smiles.
Jennifer
A horrible disease, thankful there are so many people dedicated to finding a cure
QuiltShop Gal
Great way to increase awareness on breast cancer. Pretty in Pink.
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Janette Billings
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I am a 7 year survivor. ?? Get your mammograms!
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Hurray!
Lori
Too many lives have been lost as a result of breast cancer. Here’s hoping it’s eradicated in the very near future.
Sherril McGann
Pretty in pink.
Mary B Terrell
Cancer is an awful disease but giving a quilt so that someone can wrap themselves in warmth and love as they fight the disease surely helps.
Madeline
Pretty in Pink!
Mabry Harbin
I teach a quilting class for less fortunate women at my church. One of them made a pink quilt for her mother, who is a breast cancer survivor. She was so proud of it. We use your doodles for our quilting. If I win, the class will get the thread. Keep up the good work.
Mary Hope
Pretty in pink!!!!
carol Edge
Cancer does not discriminate who it chooses and it chooses too many good people.
All the best to the survivors of breast cancer and a long and happy life to all.
Meriul
Breast cancer is not only a female disease. My dear son in law recently had a mastectomy and is in the middle of chemo treatment right now! BC is not nearly as common in men, but it does happen. No one is exempt! Fight strong in pink and blue!
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Thank you for the reminder! Go Pink! Go blue!
Patricia D
Love the Pretty Pink Collection.
Patricia D
Already had my BC. Sorry I hit post too quickly.
Janet
I like how you inject different health topics into your blog.
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Thank you! Im glad you like the posts!
June
Pretty in pink
Dale M
Four year survivor…Pretty in Pink.
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Hurray!
Michele
Pink is my favorite color…I wear it when I feel down AND when I feel happy. I think we all know someone touched by breast cancer.
Suzi L.
know too many who have had it…changes your life forever…
Laurie Reissler
Pretty in pink
Camille
I rejoice whenever I meet a breast cancer survivor. Too many women have not survived. My best friend passed from breast cancer at age 39.
RIANN THRELKELD
pretty in pink love this thread
Donna Hawley
Pleas get a mammogram it could save your life.
MaryBeth
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Sherry
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Linda Davidson
I read all of the previous comments. So many of these people have had to fight through this cancer. It is so important to have regular checkups. I not only have a mammogram but also ultrasound every year. Best wishes to all who have fought and won! My pastor (male) recently went through breast cancer, too. God bless!
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Less common in men – thanks for the reminder!
Mary Grass
My mother had breast cancer so I fear it every day and I pray that I don’t get it. Thank you for the wake up call to any ladies that read your post that do not get their mammograms.
Susan
I have had two biopsies, which thankfully turned out to be benign calcifications. My sister-in-law had breast cancer with a double mastectomy. I get my mamo+ every year.
Maureen S
Pretty in Pink
Victoria
“Pretty Pink”
Kimberly Brandt
My mother had breast cancer and had a lumpectomy with chemo and survived it, the same with my oldest sister, now 71. I have lost 3 siblings to cancer so I am very proactive in my health care ( hey I wanna quilt for a long time :0)..) So everyone
listen to Lori, learn all you can and get your annual screening and mammogram.
Happy Sewing and thanks so much for the chance to win that gorgeous thread!!!
June Neigum
I have so many friends that are survivors of Breast cancer and many others battling it. I also have 4 aunts that I never met as they died of this terrible disease in the 40’s. Thank God research is making progress where there are many more survivors now. Love you all.
The Lisa Marie
I have a friend at work battling breast cancer battle. I’m so proud of the way she’s fighting that horrible disease.
Lynne F Williams
As a retired Hospice nurse I cared for many who did not survive the breast cancer monster. Many more are surviving in this last decade…keep getting those mammos. I am also a quilter, love the pink thread.
Denise Mohler
Pretty In Pink…..I have made and donated several quilts and have a few friends that had breast cancer. Thanks for the chance for give-away.
June S.
Pretty in Pink
Pam S
Pretty in Pink. Thanks for raising awareness!
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