Breast cancer survivor finds comfort in quilting community

Michelle Hines从未有过卵巢癌。但这并没有阻止马里兰州移植，从制作直接支持的被子MD Anderson的ovarian cancerresearch.

The quilt she made especially for the卵巢癌被子项目will go up for auction later this year. Its colorful design was inspired by the logo created forMD Anderson的75^th周年纪念日下来。来自米歇尔的被子和数十人出售的收益将受益Blanton-Davis Ovarian Cancer Research ProgramatMD Anderson.

“我第一次在2016年7月在梅斯诊所的墙上看到了图案，”米歇尔说。“我从来没有想过将这些颜色放在一起，但我只是认为它太酷了。我走进医院的那一刻，我知道我不得不把那个设计成被子。“

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Through Instagram, Michelle found and reached out to Gini Reed, theMD Anderson创建徽标的图形设计师。当设计师同意分享布局时，她很高兴。

“Gini’s not a quilter, and I know it’s part of her job to understand color and shading and places to rest your eyes, but she still did an incredible job designing it,” Michelle says.

It took Michelle about a month to finish the quilt, and she’s excited about it being in the auction this fall.

“我的被子匹配75^th米歇尔说，周年纪念徽标几乎完美。““我刚刚在一节周围添加了一些颜色，这些颜色看起来像一颗心，让它更多地脱颖而出，因为心脏是如此重要的事情MD Andersonspecial.”

Quilting through breast cancer treatment

Quilting also played a big part in Michelle’s experience when she was abreast cancer病人在这里。在2015年6月诊断后，米歇尔接受了六轮六轮chemotherapy和17轮有针对性的治疗方法.

“Even with the strongest anti-nausea医学，有些日子我几乎没有生病，“她说。“但是在Instagram上有一个非常强大的绗缝社区，我们会换档。我们选择一个主题，被分配一个合作伙伴，并在某一天为该人制作一个迷你被子。“

Unlike full-size quilting projects, the mini-quilts weren’t overwhelming. They also forced Michelle to get up and move around when she was feeling sick or tired.

“Quilting is what I focused on instead of cancer,” she says. “It helped me get going.”

Celebrating cancer-free status by giving back

自2015年11月以来，退伍军人绗缝机一直是癌症 - 一个壮丽的米歇尔属性MD Anderson. Making a quilt seemed like the perfect way to give back to the place that has given her so much.

“MD Anderson米歇尔说，拯救了我的生命，而不是乳腺癌，但卵巢残留综合症也有卵巢残余综合症。“这不是癌症相关的，但我在2000年的子宫切除术后开发了这种情况，多年来有多种并发症。MD Andersondoctors finally fixed the last of them, and after that, I had no abdominal pain for the first time in 14 years.”

卵巢癌被子项目拍卖is scheduled for Oct. 25–Nov. 8, 2017.

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