A Stitch Closer to a Cure: Mother’s Day Lingerie Event for Breast Cancer

Just before she passed away from breast cancer when I was just 18 years old, my mom asked her best friend, Roxie (pictured above), to stay close with her children. On Sunday, and over 10 years after she made that promise, she stuck to her word and joined me at the studio to celebrate mi mama, Miss Margo, as well as all women at Madalynne’s Mother’s Day lingerie event, ‘A Stitch Closer to a Cure.’

From 1-4:00pPM, over 20 people – some old sewing friends who hailed from Washington D.C. (shout out to Lauren + Dayo!) and some new, local folks from Philly – came to Madalynne Studios to raise money for breastcancer.org, donate old/unused bras to The Bra Recyclers, drink Gin, Champagne, and Belvoir cocktails and sangria out of my newest wine/bar cart/cabinet (side note – thinking about making it a regular occurrence at Bra Making with Madalynne), shop Madalynne Intimates DIY lingerie kits as well as RTW lingerie, eat a DELICIOUS cake, quiche and sandwiches, test out PFAFF’s awesome line up of sewing machines, get their make up done, and just have a good time. It was the best day. All I have to say is mom, I hope I made ya proud ; )

5% of sales from the day were donated to breastcancer.org. Combined with the donations that were collected on Madalynne’s Facebook page and my own personal FB, $260 was raised. Considering it was an “intimate” event of appoximately 20 people, I think that’s great! Also, a handful of old/lightly worn bras (6) will go to The Bra Recyclers this week. A HUGE thank you to all the sponsors who donated for an epic giveaway!

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Sponsors + Donations

PFAFF: Passport 3.0 Sewing Machine
Floss Gloss: Two nail polish gift sets
Lacquer Lounge: Manicure + pedicure
Jay Ann Intimates: Three $50 gift certificates and coupons for all guests
Crimson Hair Studios: Hair cut/trim
Ryan: Make up applications + beauty bar
Nicol Floral Design: Faux Floral Wall
Cake Life Bake Shop: Lemon Raspberry cake
Bekuh Browning: Florals