little blessings giveaway

One of my favourite online sources for pretty fabric - Shabby Fabrics - has an adorable Block of the Month Club of wall hangings called Little Bessings.  Each month’s block is available as a kit, a pattern or part of the 12-month club. (Advantage to signing up for the club is that you receive free shipping worldwide.)  The club started in December but you can still sign up for it.

The kit includes these awesome laser cut applique pieces.  If you've never used laser cut applique pieces, I recommend giving them a try.  They make assembly precise and super quick.  If you like machine applique you will love these - no tracing, no cutting, no pinning ... none of the usual fussing about with all that regular piece preparation stuff.

I had my little Pink Ribbon banner put together in an afternoon and then hand stitched the binding in front of the tv that evening.  Done, done and DONE!

This Pink Ribbon design is not part of the 12-month club but is available individually as a kit or pattern.   And 100% of the proceeds from this design are donated to breast cancer research.

Now I have two chances for you to win this sweet little Pink Ribbon kit.  Leave me a comment (not an email) stating why you'd make the best recipient and then also tell me what you would do with it if you won (make it, keep it, gift it, donate it ...).  The first winner will be selected by a random number generator and the second winner will be chosen by Shabby Fabrics based on the comment.  International entries are welcome!

If you have any questions or would like more information about Shabby Fabrics fundraising efforts, please contact jessie@shabbyfabrics.com.

This giveaway ends Thursday March 13th and I will announce both winners the following week.  Good luck to you all!  Happy weekend. :)

Comments

[Jane Hair]

I would love to make this for my sister who recently completed chemo and radiation for breast cancer. She has been a real trooper not missing a day of work during her treatments. She is now dealing with lymphedema but never complains. I know that this little quilt would make her smile every time she looked at it.

[Donna]

I would be the perfect person to win this pattern. My daughter was 30 years old when she was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer. She fought hard but passed away in 27 days from her diagnosis. That was 6 years ago. I would use this pattern to make Ovarian cancer 'Little blessings' wall hangings to use at our cancer walk each year. We have an Ovarian cancer walk in our area and we have local business donate baskets that we also raffle off. Last year we raised over $60,000.00 for cancer research. I also have had 2 Aunts with breast cancer who are 5 year surviors. I have tons of 'cause' fabric in my statch and have made quilts and other items that I have donated to our local cancer treatment center for people to use when they are receiving treatment.

[SamanthaK]

I don't know if I'd consider myself the best person to receive it, but if I did, I would complete it and give it to a young mother at our Church that recently found out she has breast cancer. She and her husband have three boys ranging in age from about 7 to 14 or so. Her family has also been dealing with her father's diagnosis and continuing treatment for lung cancer for the last 8 months or so.

Thank you so much for sharing!

[Sue B]

A quilting friend has just started chemo for ovarian cancer so I would make it for her.

[DebrafromMD]

I would make this for my husband's aunt who has just had surgery for her breast cancer. We live too far away to help with the daily things that need doing, but this would let her know that we are thinking of her as she fights this battle.

[Ruth B]

I am having a lumpectomy next week so this is very timely for me. I would make the wall hanging and donate it to the breast center where I have been going for treatment. They have several wall quilts made by quilters in the local area and this one would be a perfect addition to their walls.

[Lisa McGriff]

My second mama just had a bilateral mastectomy and I would love to win this and make it to give to her. This would be so special!

[LINDA]

Hello, this is a sweet project! I hope it inspires Hope in each one that sees it! I'd love to make it and give it to my dear friend Grace, who is struggling abit right now! Thanks to YOU+SHABBY FABRICS ♥

[treny wildeboer]

my name treny wildeboer i am dutch but i live in germany for 30 years. in 1994 i had breast-cancer and in 2008 the second time, bur i am still alive and we make bags for breast-cancer-patients for 5 years now. we sewed about 2500 bags, me and a lot of patcher help me please look at my blog www.trenystaschen.blogspot.com. we would like to make these for our bags!!!! love from germany treny wildeboer

[Heidi]

My mom is a survivor, so I'd make it for her. Sadly, my husband's aunt fought but we are coming up on the one year anniversary of her funeral. Horrible, horrible disease.

[Jill]

I would my this cute wall hanging for my younger sister who is now undergoing her second round of breast cancer after having fought it 10 years ago. This time it has moved into her bones and is stage 4.

[Shabbyquilt.blogspot.com]

my mum is a survivor. I would love to make it for her.

[Debbie Collins]

I have a dear quilting friend who has battled cancer for five years, and still has a very positive attitude. I would make this for her to honor her struggle.

[Gwen]

I am a two time breast cancer survivor and I would like one of these to hang in my home. I also want to make one for my longarm quilter who is just finishing her last chemo treatment and still has a year of injections and five years of oral meds. She is a fighter and has a pretty rough time with some of the chemo.

[Judi]

I don't know that I am the "best" person to recieve the kit, but it certainly is adorable and I would be a very happy recipient! I would hang this in my sewing room to remind me of my Mom..she passed away from cancer about 15 years ago and I still miss her terribly!

[Beckie]

I have several family members who have battled breast cancer. A couple have lost the battle. Presently, my 35 yrs old niece-in-law is fighting. She and my nephew have 3 small children. We pray for her to have a complete healing.

[Helen B]

A good friend of mine has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. The cancer is also in her lymph nodes. Now she has to wait for an MRI to see, I guess, how advanced the cancer is and how they are going to treat it. I had just been trawling the internet for ideas for something to make her, when your blogpost arrived in my inbox. This would be the perfect gift for her. I would love to win the kit! Thank you.

[Pam]

I lost my sister to breast cancer. I took care of her right until the end. I don't want people to go through what we did. Now I do all I can for people fighting it. I feel so bad that it took someone in my family to get breast cancer before I learned all about it. Don't wait. Do all you can now before it is too late.

[Evelyn Barnes]

What a pretty little Quilt! I would love to make this for my friend and Quilting Guild Buddy who was diagnosed with Breast Cancer for a second time and just went under surgery for a complete mastectomy. What a wonderful giveaway, Thank You!

[Evelyn Barnes]

What a pretty little Quilt! I would love to make this for my friend and Quilting Guild Buddy who was diagnosed with Breast Cancer for a second time and just went under surgery for a complete mastectomy. What a wonderful giveaway, Thank You!

[Sandy K]

My Aunt is a breast cancer survivor of 15 years now. I would make and give it to her.

[Vicki H]

I do volunteer work with a friend who is a 4 year survivor of breast cancer. Since her diagnosis, she has volunteered hundreds of hours to raise funds for breast cancer research. I would make it and give it to her to keep or donate to a fundraiser event.

[Trudy]

I have several female family members who had breast cancer, but two of them, my mother and her sister, survived for over thirty years after being diagnosed.

[bonnie]

I lost my Mom to Colon Cancer, also my Aunt, cousin and neighbor passed away from cancer... I have been going to the cancer center and meeting with a oncologist and having test after test done.. next week it is a bone marrow biopsy and I know I will need all the strength I have to get through this all. If I were the lucky winner I would make it for the Cancer Center as there are so many wonderful patients and staff who are helping me.

[kathee]

My neighbour has just been diagnosed with Breast Cancer; the surgury is complete but she got results that the lymph nods are also cancer. She has it in her lungs and other places. This lovely woman is a nurse that worked in the Breast Cancer ward at the hospital and I think she would really appreciate this wallhanging. I would actually finish this project and not half make it and put it in the unfinished closet.

[Peggy]

I would make it and hang it in remembrance of a dear friend that was lost to this horrible disease a year and a half ago.

[Renee]

A dear friend of mine just had her double mastectomy. She starts chemo the beginning of April and this would be a lovely gift to make for her. Thank you for the opportunity.

[Valerie B]

If I won this I would make it for my sister in law, Julie, who is a 2 year breast cancer survivor. She is an amazing woman and our family is blessed that she married my brother 33 years ago!

[Maureen]

If I won this kit I would make it and give it to my 86 year old mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013. She had surgery and radiation treatments and is doing well. This is a horrible disease that strikes women of all ages and we all need to help find a cure.

[tanya hughes]

Just reading the other comments make me realise that this disease knows no boundaries of who, where and when...It affects so many people of all ages...my mother in law - a kind inoffensive lady who raised three beautiful children and who loves her five grandchildren has been affected by breast cancer twice - she never complains or asks why her...she just keeps going...she is truly inspirational. I would make this for her...She never asks for anything...ever...I think she is the bravest woman I know.

[Linda Janovitz]

I too received my diagnoses of having Breast Cancer, October 15, 2010. I wasn't scared because I knew if I died my Lord and Savior would greet me with open arms. I was fortunate that I didn't have to have chemo nor radiation. I just had a mastectomy to rid my body of 2 cancerous growths.

So now I make Breast Cancer quilts and even made one for my surgeons office.

Thank You for the chance to win this beautiful gift to share with others.

Blessings, Linda Janovitz

[Tabitha K.]

I love Shabby Fabrics, I go there to look quite often and drool! This kit is beautiful and the colors are great. I haven't dealt with anyone who has breast cancer but I had to take care of my father when he had brain cancer and it was one of the hardest things I've done. He didn't make it, but he's out of pain now. I'm new at quilting, but so far I haven't kept anything I've made, other people need it more. Thanks for a chance!

tdkcarpenoctem@hotmail.com

[Karen Seitz]

I would love to try out the laser cut applique on this small project, and then I would donate it to the annual Silent Auction for Breast Cancer Research fundraiser that The Attic needlework shop in Mesa, AZ holds (I live in Dayton, OH). They have been doing this for more than 15 years and have donated thousands and thousands of dollars raised from the event over the years.

[Susan]

My quilt guild makes blocks for breast cancer awareness over the summer- then in October we have a fun day of sewing all the blocks together. We donate the finished quilt to a local charity called "Breast Friends".
If I am lucky enough to win - I will be donating! HOPE is the perfect word for anyone diagnosed with cancer!

[Kim]

I dont know that I am the best person to win this project but if I did I would donate the finished project to the Carol Milgard Cancer Center. I just went through 6 months of chemo and 33 doses of radiation ( just finished last thursday) The staff in the center were awesome. They made sure that I was as comfortable as possible and my family and friends who wanted to visit while I was in the hospital were always welcome and give the same amount of comfort as I was. I feel that everyone who enters the center might even get a smile from the project when they see it.

To all of you who are survivors or know a survivor keep fighting like a girl :)

[Polly Hada]

I would love it, and I'm a breast cancer survivor, but if I won it, I would give it to my mom, 89 who is also a breast cancer survivor and a widow. It would brighten up her little one bedroom apt in her senior living home.

[Jan Richards]

If I won this gift from you and Shabby Fabrics, I would make it for the breast cancer surgeon's office in Waimea, HI.
I had my second breast cancer surgery recently at this small hospital and would love to honor the work
they do for many women on this island. Thanks for a chance to win this.

[Betty Woodlee]

I would make this wall hanging for my friend Edna who buried her daughter today. Her daughter fought two hard battles with this terrible disease. I think this wall hanging would help bring her peace.

[Lynette Root]

Oh, I would love to win this little kit! It'd be perfect for me to complete and send to my husbands aunt who is presently overcoming breast cancer. She's been dealing with this struggle on and off for several years and she has never been anything but hopeful about her situation. Aunt Janet is a wonderful woman, full of laughter, wisdom and joy. We love spending time with her.

[Michelle]

Hi, I am blessed that I don't know anyone with breast cancer. So I don't want to win it; just wanted to say how much I love the pinks. Great competition!

[Gill]

My brother in law is fighting throat cancer at the moment - II'd love to give this to my sister who is also having such a hard time

[Janne Ellingsen]

I will make this for my dear friend, who got breast cancer last year. Two weeks ago she got the message that she is now cancer free! She had hope all the way, and she is so brave! She would love this, especially if it is hand made by me, she really admires my ability of making things with my hands ;)

[sherry guitard]

I would quilt it and then auction it off at the local quilters club show this spring, to raise money for breast cancer research. I would do in honor of my recently departed and much missed Aunt who lost her battle to her second round of breast cancer. She was such an amazing woman and had so many hardships/losses in her life, yet was always full of sparkle and love.

[Shari]

My mom is a 3 year breast cancer survivor and I have been looking for a quilt pattern with the pink ribbon for a couple of years that I thought she would like. This one definitely is the one. I would make this for her and give it to her for her birthday. It was a long hard road and it's was hard to not give up hope but we held tight and she has beat it.

[Heather (mtl)]

So many heartfelt comments (and prayers) here today! Cancer is a mean disease and it breaks my heart to see so many people suffer. I worked over 20 years in a trauma hospital and I'll never forget what one doctor said about finding the cure for cancer: if every smoker quit smoking, we'd be at heart of the cure.
In the meantime, I help care for my mother (copd) and sister (stroke) and pray cancer isn't the next step. It already took my dad (liver).
This beautiful wall hanging would be made with love and donated to my church so they could raise money for the cause.

[susan]

I would make it for a co-worker recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She has lost all her hair and is having a tough time. It is a beautiful wall hanging. Thank you for the opportunity to win.

[JulieCC]

What a neat kit! I am too scared to applique on my own, but this would help me have a start!

I am nearing the 4th anniversary of my breast cancer diagnosis on March 25th. If I won this, I could not only learn a new technique, but could have something to cheer me up on this date. While I am so happy to be alive, the date is not a happy one each year and takes me back to 2010 and to my double mastectomy surgery two weeks later. I was 40 when I was diagnosed.

This wall hanging would be placed next to the quilt I've been working on for myself for years. I had made many head scarves and also received many during my bald days. I cut them all up to make a quilt, but I've been "sidetracked" and have worked on gifts for others, not "self-care" sewing. But cutting those scarves up was a defining moment.

I had two recurrence scares, each about a year apart, after my initial breast cancer diagnosis. I also had a metastatic scare. The first was an endometrial cancer scare and the second was an ovarian cancer one, with a huge tumor. The metastatic one was in my bone. Those were actually harder to wait on results than the initial cancer. So I decided to cut up the scarves so I could not use them again - so I would not *need* them again. I sure didn't want to go through chemotherapy and radiation again. I did have to go through another surgery, this time a total hysterectomy and oophorectomy. So now I don't have any female parts left, really. But that means hopefully no female hormone producing body parts to have a recurrence. I will, however, most likely have cancer in my chest in 30 years due to the large area and high does of radiation I have. But I have always been prepared for that. The recurrences I was not. So it was very healing to cut those up, much like when I went to war with my falling out hair during chemo.

I just want to say to everyone reading this - do your self exams and get your mammograms and don't be afraid to have anything checked out. I was 40 years old at diagnosis and have many friends who were diagnosed in their 30s. My best high school friend, who was a pediatrician, was diagnosed a few months before me and died the day before her 40th birthday. Another friend's MALE cousin got breast cancer at 32 and died. It is serious and not just "pretty pink ribbons". My husband found my lump and I blew it off, thinking it was a knot in my pec muscle. It grew five times larger before I realized it wasn't. I could have saved my breasts and lots of treatment. I've had 8 surgeries related to my diagnosis to date. It is not fun.

[Mara]

I don't have a breast cancer story, thank goodness, but I would most definitely donate this to a charity, it is so beautifully done. And laser cut kits sounds awesome, I can't this year (tight money) but will keep it in mind for something to do next year.

[DH]

I would love to win this kit because it would be fun and exciting but I can't think of any reason why I deserve it over any others. If I won it I would make it and give it to my Mother, who is a breast cancer survivor. She will be 91 years old this May. She is one of 13 children and she is the only one of her family who is still alive, even though there were 6 children younger than her. Thanks for the Giveaway!

[Susan in OK]

I would love to win the kit. I am a breast cancer survivor. I was diagnosed in late 2003. I had to delay my last chemo in order to be the strongest point so I could travel to my daughter's wedding. When I started on the journey, I didn't know if I would even be able to attend her wedding at all. After chemo, I also had radiation. Years later, I had the non-affected side reduced to be more in line size-wise to the affected size. Most people take oral anti-estrogen therapy, if needed, for a maximum of five years. It's been over ten years and my oncologist still has me on the oral therapy because I am high risk. In the last year, I have lost 55 pounds. My oncologist is suspicious that the cancer is back in my body and so far he has not been able to find it. Once you have had cancer, it is always in the back of your mind to some degree. You learn not to dwell on it. I would make the kit and donate it to group to which I donate chemo caps that I knit. I also knit caps for preemie babies. This is an adorable kit and someone will be thrilled to win it and may it greatly bless someone who needs encouragement now.