Feb 09 2009
Bead Artists Against Breast Cancer
Every year Jeanette Shanigan, of Wasilla, Alaska, hosts the Bead Artists Against Breast Cancer bead quilt drive. Each beader can submit as many 1 ½” X 1 ½” squares as they wish, and Jeanette will make them into bead quilts to auctioned off in Milwaukee in June. All money received will go to finding a cure for breast cancer.
She has done this for several years in memory of her mother, a cancer victim. Read her story
There have already been many bead squares donated for this year and some quilts have been sewn together. The deadline for submitting your square (s) is March 15, 2009 in order to give her plenty of time to put the quilts together.
If you’re a beader and would like to contribute to this worthy cause click here for the rules and guidelines.
If you don’t have a heart pattern to work from, you will find links on Jeanette’s site to several patterns by other beaders made especially for this project. I’ve included pictures of two patterns I’ve made and will share with you. Just e mail me at thebeaddoodler@live.com and ask for square # 1 or square #2. I’ll e mail you the pattern. Patterns include graph, color legend and word chart.
Last year 960 squares were donated. Each quilt contains 100 squares. Each year has seen an increase in the number of squares donated. Lets join together and make this a banner year!
