Stitching for Pink

SLOWLY BUT SURELY!

Our membership counts 1070 today.  More members would have been very nice but we are moving forward.

The website really gets more interesting every day as we meet more people who bring something new with them.

One of our sponsors made a fresh enhancing contribution to the campaign.

MYGRAFICO  Digtal Artfs and Craft Store  presented their Pink Power Kit to Stitching for Pink.

A WONDERFUL COLLABORATION SET FOR A GOOD CAUSE: PINK POWER BREAST CANCER SET

“Breast cancer related cute clip arts, such as bra, pink ribbon, PINK POWER sentiment, teddy and cupcake, handbag, birds..etc,  Breast Cancer support tags, journal tags, digital papers, bottle cap sticker designs, printable post it holder with self exam calendar, also  a PDF booklet of general Breast Cancer information.”

All money raised from this set will be completly donated to the " NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION" through  Stitching for Pink Non-Profit Organization..

A WONDERFUL COLLABORATION SET FOR A GOOD CAUSE: PINK POWER BREAST CANCER SET

Please make sure  you visit our Home page to  download your Free Collab Kit for members. Also peep into “Paperprojects”  by MYGRAFICO for some real fun!

ONE THOUSAND

1000

(Who gets the credit?) 

We embarked on 17^th May 2010 on this journey. We anticipated that no journey of this magnitude will be without obstacles and sometimes boisterous headwinds!

We encountered a balanced basket of emotions and characteristics in the embroidery field;

Appreciation, enthusiasm, dedication and companionship from our embroiderers.

We are experiencing wonderful support and encouragement from a number of digitizers who are prepared to serve the cause for the right reasons.

I received a very inspiring e-mail from a digitizer today and would like to quote  from it:

“There are times when even enemies come together against a common  enemy..... in this case cancer.”

Teamwork, divides the task and multiplies the success and  is the ability to work as a group toward a common vision, even if that vision becomes blurry and seems unattainable. 

One thing about teamwork is that you are always surrounded by like minded people.

“It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.”  ~Author Unknown

We are proud to announce our first 1000 members on Stitching for Pink and welcomes every member once again.

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Thought for the day

I expect to pass through life but once.  If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. 

~William Penn

While working through the statistics of our members, which just passed the 700 mark, it struck me between the eyes that  we are dealing with a very special group of people.

There always has been a tendancy to define the world in terms of generations. The most familiar generation to us would be the so called “Baby Boomers.” Historically, everyone born during the post-World War II demographic boom in births was called part of the Baby Boom Generation - people born from 1946 - 1964.

Although there is a lot of controversy about this generation I would like to keep it simple and say that the Baby Boomers that are still around are still making a contribution to the next generation by passing on “the art of embroidery” which is of cause mainly taken over by computerized machines and we should therefore rather say “the love for embroidery.”

Decide for yourself whether you qualify for this generation.  If you are in the age group 45 -65 you are a Baby Boomer! 

However this is not important; what is important is that you are probably a grandmother who successfully empowered yourself with  basic computer skills which enables you to make life meaningful.

Being part of this project means that you are still prepared to take on challenges and share your Baby Boomer experience with others

Make sure you inspire your grand daughters to love embroidery!

Look what embroidery is doing for us in this campaign

We want embroidery to boom long after the Baby Boomers are gone!

How to let 1 000 000 women know.

It sounds impossible but if we look at the figures- well is’nt it possible?

Our crew on the boat count  500 today.  Suppose we all start making a list of people we could contact. Every person send out  2 invites per week and suppose our success rate is only 50% ,thus one person joins.  Then at the end of the week we have 500 + 500 = 1000 members. Now we have double the strength. So we carry on to send out these 2  invites week after week and so does every new member. Well look at the results!

Now from this table mathematicians gave us a formula to calculate the amount of members that we would have after 18 weeks.

The formula  is

T_{n =}  ar^n-1  where T = Time period  in this case week.

n = number of weeks

a = 500 ( first term)

r  = common ratio ( 1000:500) = 2

We first test the formula to see how many members we could have in week 5

T_{5  =}  500x2 ^(5-1)

^T_{5   =}  500x 2x2x2x2  = 8000 (the formula works)

After 18 weeks we will have

T₁₈ = 500 x 2^(18-1)

= 65 536 000 ( Sixty five million!!)

We don’t want that many! We only want 1 Million! Lets go for it!

Nothing worth-while is ever easy

When your website suddenly  turns into  maintenance mode before your eyes and half your members disappear  your feelings turn into hodge-podge mode!

Every one capable of helping you, seemed to have disappeared into cyber space.

Mary took control and considered our options to save the day. She worked through every possibilty thinkable  to retrieve the data . At last just before breaking point, she hit the nail on the head; and voila!  She was in the position to inform  our members .

The wonderful reaction from our members  was really  praiseworthy!  Thank you everyone. you made live easy for us in this crisis.

We don’t want this wonderful campaign to be shipwrecked!

"Nothing Is Easy" 

Nothing is easy.
Though time gets you worrying
my friend, it's o.k.
Just take your life easy
and stop all that hurrying,
be happy my way.

When tension starts mounting
and you've lost count
of the pennies you've missed,
just try hard and see why they're not worrying me,
they're last on my list.
Nothing's easy.

Nothing is easy, you'll find
that the squeeze won't turn out so bad.
Your fingers may freeze, worse things happen at sea,
there's good times to be had.
So if you're alone and you're down to the bone,
just give us a play.
You'll smile in a while and discover
that I'll get you happy my way --
nothing's easy.

Jethro Tull

SINGER sing your song!!

I can still remember my Granny’s stoop body with her silver grey hair pinned into a neat chignon (bun) while cranking her hand crank SINGER,  sewing whatever was needed to be sewn for the family.

 Granny passed away long ago but I still treasure her old faithful workhorse companion, as the most valuable decoration in my house

Granny's own SINGER

From its very beginning in the early 1850s, the name SINGER sewing machines grew to be one of the most well known sewing machine companies in the world.
Today  2nd June 2010 we are proud to have SINGER as one of our big sponsors.

Click on our sponsor's page  and learn more about SINGER Embroidery machines handpicked by Martha

Also see some wonderful projects you can download by the courtesy of SINGER.

Listen to this one:

Dog Collar and Key Pouch

“This is what the stylish dog will be wearing this season.”

Cute! Whish it was my saying!!

So if you are the owner of such a dog that’s the page for you!!

Commitment!

Clicking on the following link really surprised me.

“Misty Mountain Embroidery Designs” is such a fairy-like name with a promise of excitement and expectation.

That was exactly what I found. Hazy views and misty mountains. Beautiful pink flowers and a so romantic rugged cottage.

I could not refrain from peeping through the little wooden window. The light was dim inside but I could see a beautiful fancy floral quilt on the bed.

She (Susan) was sitting on an old chair at the fireplace looking at a placard, she had just written, on the mantle piece. I tried to read the inscription and could just figure it out in the dim light of the fire.

Help fight Breast Cancer
earn $25.00 in a coupon
towards designs on my site.
Join my group to find out how!

I could not belief that it is possible that someone could spent $25 to inspire somebody else to spend $5 on Breast Cancer awareness.

At first I thought it was my imagination so I went back to reality, the Stitching for Pink website, and there it was! A lot of embroiderers inspired by Susan.

Thank you Susan for your commitment! You are already making a huge difference

While browsing on the internet I came across a website:  SURVIVOR. On the oval badge I read the following:  HEROES VS  VALAINS  and inside the circumference of the oval, the words, RETURN  REVENGE and REDEMPTION.

I was astounded by the physical and mental abilities of the participants and looked in admiration to the perfect bodies, which could compete in these murderous competitions and show perseverance and determination as they approach every obstacle and sweat it out to acquire the laurel-wrath.

For just a split second I felt my own inadequacy and incapacity, for never in my life, I will be a participant in one of these survivor competitions. Not because I don’t want to, but because I know my own limitations! – It was then that I realized there are more than one survivor event in life’s arena; even more dangerous than the one I introduced above. Yes events that you participate in, not because you choose to, but because you are forced to. Events in which the obstacles are invisible  and does not challenge the muscularity of the body but cowardly, and sneaky, attacking  the soft and fragile tissue of the mother’s breast. How insidious!

Today is a gift that is called “The Present” and we have the privilege and honor to receive this gift with gratitude. 

Meet Jan Gerrick who, with perseverance and grace acquire the laurel wreath!! She is also the outhor of todays thought for the day.

Having an illness is never the ideal, but life as its nature, has its ups and downs. It is what you do with the challenges that make a difference. Never forget to laugh, and to lean on your friends and your Father above. Learn from the lessons He sends us. Also, as mentioned at the beginning, never EVER forget to do your own exams, and trust your instinct if you think you need a mammogram or an ultra sound, ask for it, and keep on asking until you are satisfied with the conclusion.

Thank you for this opportunity to share.

Jan