Mandy Harvey aka Beadsme: My Skirt

The Big C .... Cancer (Breast)

I thought I would add some details to my blog for those that are suffering or have suffered from breast cancer.
I was diagnosed in Sept 2000.
Underwent a lumpectomy, following by chemo and radiothereapy. They also removed some lymph nodes to check to see if it had spread. Luckily it hadn't.
I was told that I was stage 1 (very early stage) and grade 3 (nasty).
Chemo - I had 6 sessions of chemo usinf FEC (Fluorouracil also known as 5FU), (Epirubicin), (Cyclophosphamide). I cannot say chemo was nice. The first 3 sessions were ok just a little bit of sickness but after that bad sickness, severe tiredness, no energy, bleeding and sore gums, bladder problems.
Radiotherapy - Didn't find that this was a problem at all. Have a couple of dot tattoos left on my chest area. At this time I was still tired from the chemo so not really sure if radio made it worse.
Here I am a survivor.
If you want to ask any questions please contact me and I will do my best to give you a truthful answer.

Thursday, 2 April 2009

My Skirt - Work In Progress

Thought I would give the beads a break for a while and do a bit of dressmaking. Well I found a great Simplicity pattern for a skirt but change it slightly.

Using burgundy cotton and a matching flowered polyester together.

The skirt has 8 godgets and 8 separate pieces for the skirt. Instead of using the same fabric all over I am using the polyester flowered material for the godgets. Just had to experiment, if this works out OK then I may try some different colours.

So far so good. If all goes well I should be able to update you all further.

10 comments:

Ange said...: wow this looks really great mandy!!!; 2 April 2009 at 20:29
seababejewelry said...: Nice! Can't wait to see when you are finished!; 2 April 2009 at 20:30
BonTons said...: That looks great! Must have a fashion Parade when you're done!; 2 April 2009 at 20:32
michvanetta said...: Looking good Mandy!
I can't wait to see it when it's finished either :); 2 April 2009 at 20:34
Metalicious said...: Can't wait to see it finished! I love the color.; 2 April 2009 at 22:21
GrandmaMarilyn said...: looking good so far. can't wait to see it done.; 2 April 2009 at 23:28
Made By Tammy said...: Beautiful!
Can't wait to see it when it's finished!; 3 April 2009 at 00:08
Leanne Lonergan said...: That's going to look great Mandy!
Yep...Fashion parade please when you're finished!; 3 April 2009 at 07:03
Unknown said...: looks great. I am so envious you can sew...I never learnt. Keep it up!; 3 April 2009 at 09:11
Unknown said...: Looks great so far- can't wait to see it done!; 3 April 2009 at 10:31