Quilt for MDAnderson Cherrywood Challenge
Friday, March 4, 2011 at 6:13AM I was given the opportunity to make a quilt for the MDAnderson Ovarian Cancer Quilt Project. The quilt project and 2011 online quilt auction benefit the Blanton-Davis Ovarian Cancer Research Program and the Uterine Cancer Research Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. 
Cherrywood Fabrics donated a pack of fat quarters in teal to be used in the challenge. Teal is the representative color for ovarian cancer just as pink is the representative color for breast cancer. Cherrywood fabrics have a beautiful sueded-quality and are a delight to work with.
The guidelines are that the quilt should be at least 2/3 Cherrywood fabric but other fabrics can be used as well. I decided to stick with only Cherrywood and take a wholecloth approach with lots of quilting and thread work. Being that the fabric is not transparent, it was difficult to trace my quilting pattern with my homemade light table. So I ended up sketching it on.
I love using my technology but sometimes it is just simpler to improvise. Spools of thread helped determine the spacing for a border motif.
Kreinik Threads donated the metallic threads for my project - they are so jewel-like that I am tempted to put them on a chain and wear them around my neck!
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Reader Comments (5)
I love Cherrywood Fabrics! Can't wait to see what you end up with! Are you going to use the metallic thread?
I can't wait to see this finished Susan! It looks divine! Yes, Cherrywood fabrics are wonderful.
Suzan, the fabrics are lovely and what you've drawn so far looks wonderful. Thank you and bless you for participating in this event.
My mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer when I was 12. She fought a good fight but it was not caught until the cancer was too far along. Unfortunately even 38 years later, there is still no good pretesting for ovarian cancer. You find out about it when you have it---horrible disease. Because ovarian cancer is in my family history, my doctor does a yearly ultrasound as part of the exam in hopes that she would be able to catch it in the early stages.
I pray this event raises a ton of money for the project.
Good for you to donate your beautiful work to this cause! I wouldn't even know where to begin. Your idea looks wonderful and so classy to get it all done while wearing your designer necklace! I can't wait to see more of it. Karen
I hope to see this quilt in person some day. I love it when artists use Cherrywood for whole cloth because the suede texture really shows off all the stitching and embellishment. Thank you so much for sharing your talent combined with our fabric.