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Fashion Cups for Cancer

Posted By margaret on August 27, 2010

Marguerita and Judy invited me to join them in their adventure, and I’m inviting you!

It was an opportunity to participate in a fund raiser for Breast Cancer Awareness month in October! Now, we are offering it to you!! Gather your friends together, your quilt guild, or your online groups to make “Busty Cups”. Then, donate all the proceeds to Breast Cancer Awareness! How fun is that!!

We are all at risk, and why not help research to find a cure. You can do it!

I, like you, had no idea what a busty cup was until Marguerita shared some photos of her designs and how she and Judy came to think up the cute cup wrappers and how they would use them to raise money for cancer research. I took the challenge of the busty cups in a slightly different direction. To see where I went with the idea…watch the videos below!

We made the videos and put them up on YouTube to help promote cancer awareness. No need to go to YouTube though, just click on them at the bottom of this post.

I hope you’ll watch and be inspired to not only make your own busty cups, but to encourage your favorite group to participate. There is still time to make them before October.

We certainly understand the serious nature of breast cancer and don’t intend to disrespect anyone with the disease or a family member with cancer. The videos and the busty cups are designed as a way to bring the disease to light and help eradicate it.

Let your imagination soar and create the cutest cup warmers around! Marguerita’s and Judy’s spectacular creations are on their blogs, Marguerita McManus and Judy Wedemeyer. To read about the history of busty cups and download the free patterns complete with instructions, visit www.loosefibers.com

To download the free Rocky Rib Knit pattern/instructions and t-shirt transfer design, just click Rocky. I’ll also add it to my free patterns at patterns2quilt.com.

Make a bunch! Enjoy the fun! Help a cause!

The first video we made is a lighthearted take on the busty cups on the designer’s runway. It is flashy and meant to encourage you to make your own.

We wanted to make the second video a heartwarming one, meant to inspire and uplift you. Please watch both and help with the cause!