Thank you to all who participated in this year's Quilts for Cure Program!
I am so happy to announce Michael Miller Fabrics received over 703 Quilt blocks submissions. This led to 13 quilts, pieced and sashed by 10 amazing quilters all located around the United States.
A huge shout out and thank you goes out to our quilters (listed below) and our generous partners, Aurifil Threads and Hobbs batting for supplying the quilting materials!
Stella M.
Denise G.
Beryl R.
Jennie T.
Winifred W.
Elizabeth C.
Lorie B.
Lacey S.
Lisa P.
Lydia M.
Stella M.
Cheryl Schuh
Here are some behind the scene images provided by our lovely volunteers.......
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| Sashing Process Provided by Lydia M. |
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| Blocks organized and displayed on Lydia M's design Wall |
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| Completed Quilt by Beryl R. |
It's never too late to help the cause by donating at https://quiltsforcure.givingfuel.com/donate
Stay tuned for future programs like these with Michael Miller Fabrics.
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| Sashed and Binded by Lisa P. |
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| Blocks Pieced by Lisa P. |
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| Blocks pieced by Denise G. |
Quilts for Cure started two years ago (2017) in memory of Smiley Kylie Myers. We are a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to providing quilts for children in the United States who have been diagnosed with cancer.
"I had the privilege of
being teacher’s assistant to Kylie in 2008 when she was just starting
elementary school. She was bright, vivacious, encouraging, and so, so creative.
Kylie especially loved theatre, but she loved arts and crafts, too. When Kylie
was in 4th grade, her best friend Bailey was diagnosed with a type
of bone cancer. Bailey fought hard and had a rotation plasty amputation of her right
leg but her cancer responded to treatment, and today she is healthy and
strong. Unfortunately, three years later, Kylie was also diagnosed with bone
cancer. Her cancer did not respond to the treatment. Less
than a year after diagnosis, days before her thirteenth birthday, Kylie’s
battled to survived and just like that her life ended.
This beautiful, bright, burning force of
energy and creativity and joy was cut short.
Cancer, especially childhood cancer, is one of
those things it’s hard to look at straight on. Often the best we can really do
is give it a resentful side eye before we’re so horrified and overwhelmed that
we look away again and try to forget that a school bus full of children will
receive a life-altering, and life threatening, diagnosis TODAY. And some of
those children, ones diagnosed with cancers like DIPG which have no treatment
nor cure, will effectively be handed a death sentence.
Kylie’s dying wish was for cancer to die
instead. For a cure to be found.
I’m not a scientist, just a quilter looking to
wage a little war on this beast called cancer, so I invite every quilter I can
to join me in shining some creative, loving, Kylie-like light into hospital
rooms and making quilts for kiddos to snuggle in (and maybe sometimes hide
under) while they endure treatment. While Kylie’s dad, Mark Myers, and the team
at CURE Childhood Cancer fundraise for research and a pharmaceutical cure, we
quilters do what we do best—we fight evil with love through needle and thread.
In the last couple of years, hundreds of
quilters have made blocks, tops, and finished quilts for our cause. We have
donated over 60 quilts to date to individuals and through several pediatric
oncology hospitals. We hope to donate another 40+ quilts this year (2019).
Almost half that number will be through our amazing relationship with Michael Miller
Fabrics.
When I was first starting Quilts for Cure, I was connected to Kathy Miller through a friend of a friend and had the opportunity to meet her at QuiltCon 2017. Michael Miller is known for its generous charity quilting projects, and Quilts for Cure was selected to help finish and receive the quilts made from the QuiltCon 2017 block drive. At QuiltCon 2018, Michael Miller used its booth to broadcast the mission of Quilts for Cure to everyone who attended. As a result, we will be completing over 15 quilts from the QuiltCon2018 block drive. Michael Miller’s voice and support has made a huge difference in the reach of our message. As a result, more families will be comforted and encouraged!
When I was first starting Quilts for Cure, I was connected to Kathy Miller through a friend of a friend and had the opportunity to meet her at QuiltCon 2017. Michael Miller is known for its generous charity quilting projects, and Quilts for Cure was selected to help finish and receive the quilts made from the QuiltCon 2017 block drive. At QuiltCon 2018, Michael Miller used its booth to broadcast the mission of Quilts for Cure to everyone who attended. As a result, we will be completing over 15 quilts from the QuiltCon2018 block drive. Michael Miller’s voice and support has made a huge difference in the reach of our message. As a result, more families will be comforted and encouraged!
Our biggest event each year is called
Operation Smiley which is an online quilt drive running from February to April
in honor of Kylie’s birthday on February 24th. Quilters are
encouraged to make throw sized quilts featuring heart blocks in yellow, white,
and navy to celebrate Kylie’s life and memory. One of Kylie’s greatest joys was
bringing joy to others, so we remember her by making quilts to make kids smile.
These quilts are a wonderful opportunity for guilds and groups to work together
to make a quilt. All working together, a top could easily be made in just a few
hours—talk about a well-spent afternoon!
We accept quilt donations (baby to twin sized,
though throw sized is best)) year round, and we encourage you to donate
financially as well to cover the cost of shipping quilts across the country.
You can find information about donating quilts and finances as well as more
about us at www.quiltsforcure.org "
-HollyAnne Knight, Founder & Chair of the
Board
