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stitched i do ask that you cut your fabric at least 5 inches square so i will have enough fabric to wrap and finish i am also ordering some lip fabric to do the backs with so if you would like some of that fabric to complete your ornament shoot me an email i found some on j o fabrics that i think is cute i will attach the pattern to the right top of the blog as i have done in the past thanks vee and susan ebright of trail creek farm designs has given us rights to use her lip love pattern which is now out of print it will be similar to the design by vee i want to keep everything with the same look i am going to need a charter to help convert the lip love pattern to the new design if you think you are up to the challenge please email me at my email address stitchingforacure yahoo com so folks here we go again we are stitching for a cure for a new project but always always making a difference one stitch at a time posted by donna at 7 57 pm 3 comments labels freebies the beginning the new project sunday march 27 2011 i think it is time for a change when i started stitching for a cure over 2 years ago it was in an effort to raise money and awareness for american cancer society relay for life it was extremely successful but very time consuming we accomplished more than i ever dreamed of but for some time i have felt the need to step back and perhaps focus on some other cause it has been a struggle i have felt torn things became very clear this past week many of you have seen my posts on both my blog this one and princess pattern collecto r about my grandchildren both the boys visited me last weekend and i knew something was wrong with my youngest craig he was drinking a lot and having to go to the bathroom a lot he turned 7 while he was visiting and had long grown out of wetting the bed but while here he did my daughter told me these symptoms had just started a few days before she visited and that she thought he possibly had a bladder infection but the discussion soon turned to diabetes as soon as they returned home she called the pediatric clinic we are glad she did craig was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes he was hospitalized until yesterday he is still having difficulty with spiking blood sugars but is doing well craig is handling everything wonderfully but as a grandmother i worry about his long term health so now my focus at least for now has turned to helping raise awareness and funds for juvenile diabetes i am not sure how my stitching and how this blog are going to play into everything but i am convinced god will show me a plan please follow me as i start on this path stitching for a cure hmm seems like there is more than one meaning for that phrase i love all of you thank you for your support posted by donna at 9 29 am 17 comments labels the new project words of encouragement prayer requests words of encouragement ramblings of a crazy woman thursday february 3 2011 taking time off some of you have contacted me about what this year s project is going to be i have given it great thought and have decided i need to take some time off this project has grown so big and last year was a tough year for me both with my personal health and with the task of maintaining a relay for life team make that 3 teams last year while i will still raise money for the relay and while i am still dedicated to saving lives through it i just need some time for my family and myself i will continue to post on this blog stories of survival and informational stuff and i might even do a project or two for a later relay so stay tuned i am not going away just going to be in the background for awhile you all have been such an inspiration to me and i look forward to working with all of you again soon thanks donna posted by donna at 4 37 pm 1 comment monday december 27 2010 a christmas miracle christmas eve brought good news really good news my director and his wife were at md anderson for nearly two weeks if you read the post prior to this one you know they found a mass on her pancreas but were unable to get a biopsy for it md anderson had the technology to deal with it and so they went there on the eve before christmas eve i received a message that it wasn t a mass after all but rather scar tissue from all the pancreatitis she had been dealing with so there is no cancer and it looks like they will be able to control the problem with medications they were able to come home for christmas and are now back at md anderson for more tests and possible treatments what a wonderful gift we were given prayers have been answered what i have learned from this is that even when you think there is no way things can get better god is big enough just after they went to md anderson i had a donor come into my office she had called me earlier about a special patient and we had shared a moment a moment that god could do big things she had a bracelet that her church was giving out in support of this young woman she had called me about it said simply god is big enough i took that bracelet and have worn it since then no matter what your religion is or your particular thoughts on prayer remember that god is big enough to handle whatever we have posted by donna at 6 03 pm 3 comments labels words of encouragement prayer requests words of encouragement ramblings of a crazy woman sunday december 19 2010 really that long really has it been that long since i last posted can t be but it has i haven t been stitching much at all i haven t even thought about the next relay for life project the quilts went over really well but the one request i get over and over is for something to sell as an individual item rather than a raffle so i think we will do ornaments again i need to figure out which pattern but generally any one of the several i have posted patterns for will work the past month or so has been really hard on me my director s wife who is an absolute angel has a mass on her pancreas no small mass it is located on the valve where the blood supply goes from the pancreas to the liver they tried to do a biopsy but were unsuccessful they are now at md anderson in testing the mass will have to be removed and that is no small task and then there is the biopsy to see whether it is malignant or benign we have all been in prayer over this she is such a faithful christian and is just precious i keep reminding myself this is why i relay but this is too close to home and it is so close to christmas which is her favorite holiday chances are she will be in the hospital for christmas yuck so christmas will have to come to her please pray for a miracle we need one here a big christmas miracle now i refuse to end this post with bad news it is christmas we have been blessed in so many ways you have blessed me you have brought joy to me i hope i have done the same for you i found out recently that my youngest grandson craig has taken it upon himself to pray for all the grandmas and great grandmas in his family dear looorrrrd thank you for my family and thank you for grandma mo mo gg abuella and all the grandmas please don t let a tornado or hurricane hit the house and please don t let any space aliens come down from outer space amen at least we know we are up there with the big stuff hurricanes and space aliens and to all a goodnight posted by donna at 8 22 am 1 comment labels words of encouragement prayer requests saturday october 30 2010 stop childhood cancer a friend who lost her son to cancer posted this i had to share it tonight as you tucked your healthy kids into their own beds or snuggled with them in yours somewhere in some hospital 46 sets of parents were looking at their babies in shock after being told cancer had just invaded their lives tonight 7 sets of parents are spending their first night without their children it pisses me off stop childhood cancer let s keep up the fight until we don t have to fight anymore posted by donna at 8 59 am 1 comment sunday october 17 2010 survivor walk and relay wrap up we had a great time at relay last year but i won t lie this year s relay for life was tough i don t know why maybe it is because i did 3 relays maybe it is because of the health challenges i had but whatever it was i am glad we did it and glad it is over i finished up last night with 940 total i came to relay last night with 909 in the bag and got another 31 at relay i was disappointed that we finished up 60 under our goal of 1000 for this relay then an amazing thing happened my friend debra messaged me on facebook and said you got your 60 wow we did it we made 1000 at the waco relay for life that brings our total for all three relays to 2276 over 2000 made for american cancer society relay for life i didn t do this alone i did it with a lot of help from you my friends a lot of help and i love each and every one of you for all your help i talked a lot about you last night god bless each and every one of you you have made a difference posted by donna at 5 58 pm 4 comments labels words of encouragement relay wrap up thursday october 14 2010 are you ready posted by donna at 7 53 pm 2 comments monday october 4 2010 new breast cancer awareness pattern there is a new breast cancer awareness pattern at by the bay needleart blog hop over there and check it out it is really cute and don t forget that october is breast cancer awareness month when was the last time you were felt up the waco relay for life is less than 2 weeks away i am excited but really ready for it to be over with this year has been a tough one hopefully we will raise lots and lots of money for all the good things american cancer society does for local cancer patients posted by donna at 9 46 pm no comments labels words of encouragement final countdown words of encouragement ramblings of a crazy woman words of encouragement relay thursday september 16 2010 what could be better what could be better than this ornament made by a friend well 5 more ornaments made by friends you might recognize the first ornament as the one i posted before stitched by janice b the others were stitched by trudy e barb b laurie d breast cancer survivor also and shiela f these kind ladies heard my plea for ornaments for the breast cancer survivor volunteers and stitched these with the request that i finish them into ornaments i was very happy to do that and we had such a great turnout for the plea with more ornaments than needed for the volunteers so i asked them if i could use these for fundraising for relay for life they said yes so this saturday i will be selling these six ornaments for 10 a piece at our fundraising craft fair garage sale i will also be selling these completed pieces which you have seen with the stitching finished but not completely done and last but by no means least i have this beautiful ornament made by lisa for the survivor volunteers thanks so much for all of your help we will be selling tickets for the quilt drawing this weekend at the craft fair also i am hoping to raise the last 236 to bring the waco relay money raised to 1000 by itself from these projects that will be about a total of 1700 so far for all three relays together amazing so keep stitching and as we are bringing the 2010 relay for life to a close think about whether we want to continue this project i am thinking we could do individual ornaments that we sell individually rather than doing a drawing next year you tell me what you want to do i will pop back in after the sale and let you know where we stand at that point posted by donna at 10 13 pm no comments labels my ornaments ornaments from friends the new project words of encouragement ramblings of a crazy woman monday september 6 2010 the last i have finished stitching my last piece for the 2010 relay for life i still have several ornaments from friends i have to finish off into ornaments and i have to put the trim around this one but i am through for now here is a pic of it it is the same c is for cure freebie i did before but in different colors my focus now will be the sept 18th craft fair garage sale that i will sell the ornaments and finished pieces at and also sell tickets for the last quilt then on oct 16th is the relay for life that will be my last opportunity to sell tickets and then we will draw the winner that night i am 341 away from my goal of 1000 for this relay alone we are well over that amount for the other 2 relays held earlier this year i expect we come in around 2000 total this year for rfl which is absolutely amazing so if you have anything out there you want to donate for this year s rfl please send it my way and get ready for 2011 we are going to blow it out of the water next year i will pop back in with more updates posted by donna at 9 55 pm 1 comment labels my ornaments my stitching projects words of encouragement ramblings of a crazy woman wednesday september 1 2010 childhood cancer month do you ever wonder why we are doing this project i have to say that yes at times i have wondered why keeping up with everything selling tickets going to the relays sometimes it is overwhelming 46 children will be diagnosed with cancer today 9 of those children will die from it of the 37 who do survive 25 of them will suffer from long term or late onset side effects things such as secondary cancers due to chemo treatment fertility loss memory loss etc yes they re sobering statistics yes it s hard to read but yes it s reality it s our reality september is childhood cancer awareness month then i remember duh we are making a difference we are helping save lives with our talents relay for life is the biggest fundraiser for american cancer society so big that the theme relay isn t all we do but all we do depends on relay has been the mantra this year so keep those needles flying we are making a difference and if you have a healthy child hug them and say a prayer for those fighting the battle hugs to all of you posted by donna at 10 28 pm 1 comment labels words of encouragement education older posts home subscribe to posts atom ornament pattern vee s design stitching for a cure what is stitching for a cure it started as a year long project to help save lives we were stitching ornaments that decorated a tree that was raffled off on thanksgiving 2009 the money raised went to american cancer society we have raised over 1000 with that project we went on in 2010 to stitch quilt blocks and to make 3 quilts those quilts raised over 2000 amazing my focus has turned to a new cause juvenile diabetes i am not sure what our next project will be but i am sure that our stitching will play a big part in this adventure come join us by stitching or simply following us on our journey i hope to educate anyone reading this blog on juvenile diabetes but mostly we want to stitch for a cure e mail me stitchingforacure yahoo com about me donna i am 55 glorious years old and married to a wonderful man i have one daughter who lives in houston and 2 grandsons ages 12 14 i love traveling locally and chatting with friends i am ...