Stitching for a Cause: 8 Beautiful Breast Cancer Awareness Embroidery Designs

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and if you’re looking for some beautiful machine embroidery designs to promote awareness or serve as wonderful tributes to honor loved ones lost or celebrate the victory of survival, you’ve come to the right place.

Read on to discover 8 wonderful cancer awareness embroidery designs. (Pssst…some of them are free!). 

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Ribbon Heart

We all know someone whose life has been affected by cancer. This ribbon heart could be customized to cancer awareness colors and given as a sign of hope and love.

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Ribbon of Hope Machine Embroidery Design

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Butterfly Awareness Ribbon

I have the feeling this photo does not do justice to this gorgeous 3-D embroidery design. A layer of organza butterflies floats on a stitched awareness ribbon of smaller butterflies. Just beautiful! 

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In the Hoop Cancer Awareness Mug Rugs

These ITH mug rugs stitch up quickly with no-fuss, satin-stitched edges. Two styles provide lovely sentiments for all of those survivors, warriors, and supporters.

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Ribbon Appliqués

With a heart or without, these ribbons can be appliquéd in any color.

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A Survivor’s Journey

This lovely sentiment highlights the many parts of a survivor’s journey from detection and diagnosis to treatment, recovery and celebration.

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Awareness Ribbons

These appliqués finish with a choice of two edge styles and a heart embellishment inside the ribbon. Stitch them up on a variety of items that will be useful throughout the year.

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Cancer Ribbon Design

Tiny hearts are stitched inside this ribbon design sending a load of love to all who receive it.

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Awareness Ribbon

This fill-stitched ribbon was created in dedication to those who have been lost to breast cancer, those who are battling, those who give care to those in need, and for all who give endlessly to find a cure.

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2 Responses to “Stitching for a Cause: 8 Beautiful Breast Cancer Awareness Embroidery Designs”

  1. joycelyn cartwright

    why i can.t download designs cancer

  2. joycelyn cartwright

    why cannot download free designs for breast cancer