Because October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I have been collecting free quilt block or quilting patterns that feature breast cancer ribbons or other appropriate themes. It's good to remember that any quilt or quilt block pattern can be transformed into a breast cancer awareness or comfort quilt just by the selection of colors pinks, roses, the peachy ballet pinks, and so on.
But for those wanting more, I have found these quilt block or quilt patterns that are available as free downloads. If you have additional ones that I might add to my list, please e-mail me your linking suggestions, as this is something near and dear to my heart!
Note: If you get a 404 on any of these (site not found) it's because some sites (like All People Quilt or McCalls Quick Quilts) are now requiring you join for free to save for free.
Pink Ribbons Quilt Blocks or Quilts for Breast Cancer Awareness:
Cancer Ribbon Quilt Block
This Cancer Awareness Ribbon quilt block is a foundation pieced pattern. The block isn't difficult to make, but it does contain long triangles that can be a little tricky to align on the foundation the first couple of times.Designed by Janet Wickell.
Patchwork Hearts Quilt Block & Quilt Patterns
About.com Forum members designed this pretty 6" heart block for a 2008 swap, and it's a natural for a Thinking Pink, for a loved one's Valentine's Day wallhanging or baby quilt. The block is assembled with quick piecing techniques.
Heartstrings Quilt Project October_Project_Pink3.pdf
Make Mine Pink, Please (Scrappy Stars with Pieced Pink Ribbon Label)pdf
Spring Ribbons Quilt
Pink Chalk Studio: Square fence block-2.pdf
With Heart and Hands Creates Breast Cancer Comfort Heart Shaped Pillow or tiny tuck in pillows for under a seat belt or anytime sonething needs
comfort tuck ins.
For a free pdf pattern, click on – Port Softies for Chemotherapy Patients
Pink Ribbon Comfort Pillow free with Connecting Threaders order or make yourself; Post surgery support
Making a Heart Shaped Pillow
Anti-Ouch Pouch - American Sewing Guild
http://thequiltercommunity.com/Wc78ca18fcd17c.htm
Pink Ribbon Block
Pink Warrior
Ribbon Butterfly
Think Pink (ribbon and hearts)
Tudor Rose Garden
Quilt Pink Squares Lap Quilt
Paper-Pieced Pink Ribbon: designed by Carol Doak for Mimi Dietrich's Pink Ribbon Quilts book back in 1999 and made available by Carol for others to use as a free download.The block is made in two halves to make a 6" finished block
Click to download the pdf
Heart With A Ribbon from Carol Doak:
The crossed ribbon has become the symbol for support of many causes. The pink ribbon symbol supports breast cancer awareness. This block shows both love and support by having the ribbon placed inside the heart. The pdf file is a 3" finished size paper-pieced block (two on a page) and the second page contains the cutting list for one block. This block is for personal use only.
Carol Doak designed this wall quilt for a class on an Alaskan Cruise for a Cure (Breast Cancer)
Click to download the pdf
Breast Cancer (and other Cancers) Awareness Ribbon Quilt Blocks
Cancer Awareness Patterns: free for personal use by Angie Padilla
In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Connecting Threads has available a free tutorial to make paper-pieced Pink Ribbon Pins.Help raise awareness by sewing this simple quilted ribbon for your family, co-workers, and friends. Two sizes are available: large pin is 3″ x 4″ and the small pin 2 1/4″ x 3″.
use together to make a quilt
Pink Ribbon and Soaring Past Time
Pink Ribbons: A Contrary Wife Quilt Top
Quilt of Many Ribbons from Humblebee
Rosie's Pink Ribbon of Concern Quilt
String Pieced Prayer Pocket Pillow designed by Michele Bilyeu
Heartstrings and Prayers for any time they are needed. A little pocket in the back for a note of support and love.
From Google:
Make a log cabin heart block!!
Make Log Cabin blocks into a Heart and create a Pillow!
from Lisa in Port Hope!
To make a heart from log cabin blocks:
Four log cabin blocks red and white, pinks and white..your choice all cut at 1 3/8" strips
Curving top log cabins: colorful strips cut @ 1 5/8", white strips at 1 1/8"
Adding another piece of white at the diagonal top corner to create the curve!
Blocks finish at about 6 3/4"
from sotak handmade!
Breast Cancer (and other Cancers) Awareness Ribbon Quilt Blocks
Cancer Awareness Patterns: free for personal use by Angie Padilla
In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Connecting Threads has available a free tutorial to make paper-pieced Pink Ribbon Pins.Help raise awareness by sewing this simple quilted ribbon for your family, co-workers, and friends. Two sizes are available: large pin is 3″ x 4″ and the small pin 2 1/4″ x 3″.
use together to make a quilt
Pink Ribbon and Soaring Past Time
Pink Ribbons: A Contrary Wife Quilt Top
Quilt of Many Ribbons from Humblebee
Rosie's Pink Ribbon of Concern Quilt
String Pieced Prayer Pocket Pillow designed by Michele Bilyeu
Heartstrings and Prayers for any time they are needed. A little pocket in the back for a note of support and love.
From Google:
Supply List
for Pillow:
1-5/8
yd dark red for border & back
1/8
yd dark pink for border
Assortment
of 1-1/8” white strips
Assortment
of 1-1/8” dark red strips
14”
square pillow form
Six
7/8” or larger buttons
Make a log cabin heart block!!
Make Log Cabin blocks into a Heart and create a Pillow!
from Lisa in Port Hope!
To make a heart from log cabin blocks:
Four log cabin blocks red and white, pinks and white..your choice all cut at 1 3/8" strips
Curving top log cabins: colorful strips cut @ 1 5/8", white strips at 1 1/8"
Adding another piece of white at the diagonal top corner to create the curve!
Blocks finish at about 6 3/4"
from sotak handmade!
Svetlana writes " This pixelated heart pillow is made of 2" squares, most of them from my scrap bin - yay!, and was inspired by
Jolene's wonderful quilt"
Table Runner from Google:
Think Pink
Table Runner from Google:
This lovely is approximately 17” x 43”, make 3 hearts.
Sew a 1-3/4” strip of dark red sashing between the hearts to connect
them. Sew a 1-3/4” strip of the same
dark red sashing on the top & bottom and then on each end. Sew a 3-3/4” border of contrasting red on the
top & bottom and then on each end.
Quilt & bind as desired.
Wall Hanging:
Follow
instructions for pillow A-D. For wall
hanging approximately 28” x 31”, make 4 hearts.
Sew a 1-3/4” strip of dark red sashing between 2 hearts to make 2 sets. Sew a 1-3/4” strip of the same dark red
sashing between the 2 sets to make one row on top of the other. Sew another 1-3/4” strip of the same dark red
sashing on each side and then on the top and bottom. Sew a 3-3/4” border of contrasting red on
each side and then on the top and bottom.
Quilt & bind as desired.
More wonderful things to make:
Think Pink
(McCalls now requires a free sign up and then the search)
Patchwork Cancer Ribbon Quilt BlockCancer Ribbon ColorsShow Us Your Awareness Quilts
Helpful Web Sites
About.com Breast Cancer Home Page
Sewing for Cancer Pations, from About.com
SewingCrafting for the Cure to Support Survivors, from About.com Breast Cancer
During Breast Cancer Awareness month, we see pink ribbons everywhere, and most of us know that this color represents breast cancer awareness.
But you might not be as familiar with the other ribbon colors that are used to promote awareness for the other cancers.
It's just as important to remember all of those we love, who face challenges from other forms of cancer, and to create not only increased awareness for those diseases but to create comfort quilts or pillows for them, as well.
Free Cancer Awareness Click Pattern:
similar to a bow tie or a signature pattern block made into a quilt with any colors
Cancer Ribbon Quilt Block Templates
Cancer Ribbon Quilt Block Templates
With a list of colors for each cancer at bottom of these lists
What the colors of ribbons signify support for:
Amber Ribbon: Appendix Cancer
Black Ribbons: Melanoma, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, sleep disorder, Primary Billiary Cirrhosis.
What the colors of ribbons signify support for:
Amber Ribbon: Appendix Cancer
Black Ribbons: Melanoma, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, sleep disorder, Primary Billiary Cirrhosis.
Brown Ribbons: Anti-tobacco, colorectal cancer
Burgundy or Maroon: multiple myeloma, cesarian sections, headaches and migraines, adhesions, thrombophilia and other coagulation or blood factor disorders, meningitis, polio survivor, Post-Polio Syndrome, Hughes Syndrome, brain aneurysm, Hirschsprung's Disease (Congenital Megacolon), children undiagnosed or misdiagnosed with rare disorders or diseases, amyloidosis, hemangioma.
(Dark) Blue Ribbons:
Colon Cancers
Blue Ribbons: Histiocytosis Awareness, Child Abuse Awareness
Child abuse prevention, arthritis, gout, colon cancer, Dysautonomia, hystiocytosis, histiocytosis, Erb's Palsy, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), ke, dystonia, interstitial cystitis, bracial plexus injury, Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) , Alopecia, Reyes Syndrome, Steven Johnson Syndrome, short bowel syndrome, Myositis, Leukodystrophy, Huntington's Disease, Malaria, Syringomyelia, Neurofibromatosis, , Cri du Chat Syndrome, Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, polio awareness, Primary Immunodeficiency Disease, Sensory Processing Disorder (reflex blue shade), Angelman Syndrome, Von Hippel-Lindau
Denim and denim fabric: Rare Disease Awareness
(Light) Blue: Prostrate Cancer
Burgundy: Multiple Myeloma
Gold Ribbons: Childhood Cancer
Gray Ribbons: Diabetes & Brain Cancer
(Silver) Gray Ribbons: Parkinson's Disease
Green Ribbons:
Kidney,Liver, Gallbladder/Bile Duct Cancer, Lyme Disease, Lymphoma
Kidney Cancer,Liver Cancer, Gallbladder/Bile Duct Cancer, Lyme Disease, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Lyme Disease, Muscular Dystrophy, Ivemark Syndrome, Sandhoff Disease
Child abuse prevention, arthritis, gout, colon cancer, Dysautonomia, hystiocytosis, histiocytosis, Erb's Palsy, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), ke, dystonia, interstitial cystitis, bracial plexus injury, Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) , Alopecia, Reyes Syndrome, Steven Johnson Syndrome, short bowel syndrome, Myositis, Leukodystrophy, Huntington's Disease, Malaria, Syringomyelia, Neurofibromatosis, , Cri du Chat Syndrome, Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, polio awareness, Primary Immunodeficiency Disease, Sensory Processing Disorder (reflex blue shade), Angelman Syndrome, Von Hippel-Lindau
Denim and denim fabric: Rare Disease Awareness
(Light) Blue: Prostrate Cancer
Burgundy: Multiple Myeloma
Gold Ribbons: Childhood Cancer
Gray Ribbons: Diabetes & Brain Cancer
(Silver) Gray Ribbons: Parkinson's Disease
Green Ribbons:
Kidney,Liver, Gallbladder/Bile Duct Cancer, Lyme Disease, Lymphoma
Kidney Cancer,Liver Cancer, Gallbladder/Bile Duct Cancer, Lyme Disease, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Lyme Disease, Muscular Dystrophy, Ivemark Syndrome, Sandhoff Disease
Cervical Cancer,Liver Cancer & Hepatitis, Tissue and organ transplants, depression (both adults and children), bipolar disorder, mental health, mental illness, eye injuries, Tourette's Syndrome, Fanconi's Syndrome, Von Hippel Lindau, glaucoma, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans, neural tube defects, Mitochondrial Disease, , Cerebral Palsy, Neurofibromatosis, Lissencephally, Cornelia de Lange Syndrome,
Lt. Green: Pelvic Pain (chronic), Celiac Disease, STD Awareness, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
Cervical Cancer,Liver Cancer & Hepatitis
Cream: Paralysis, spinal cord injuries, spinal diseases or disorders, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
Teal green or teal green and white together: Cervical Cancer
Jade Or Emerald Ribbons: Liver Cancer & Hepatitis
Green/Blue Ribbons: Mental Heath Awareness, interstitial cystitis (IC Network designation),, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH), green-blue or turquoise with a zipper
Global Chiari Malformation Awareness
Gray Ribbons: Diabetes, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, brain cancer, glioblastoma, Parkinson's, asthma, allergies,
Jigsaw Puzzle Ribbons: Autism
Lace Ribbons: Osteoporosis
Lavender: General Cancer
Lime Green Ribbons: Lyme Disease, Lymphoma
Maroon Ribbons: Mulitple Melanoma
Orange Ribbons: Leukemia, Multiple Sclerosis, Kidney Cancer, self injury, reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), skin cancer (with a sun in the center of the loop), Deep Vein Thrombosis, Agent Orange Exposure
Orchid Ribbons: Testicular Cancer
Periwinkle Ribbons: Hypertensionm Stomach Cancer, Esophageal Cancer,Eating disorders, pulmonary hypertension, esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, GERD, IBS
Peach Ribbons: Uterine Cancer Endometrial Cancer, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Pearl Ribbons: Lung Cancer
Pink Ribbons: Breast Cancer, cleft palate disorder
Hot Pink: Inflammatory breast cancer...rarer form
Pink,Purple and Teal Ribbons: Thyroid Cancer
Purple Ribbons:
Pancreatic, Prostrate,Testicular,Leiomyosarcoma,Alzheimer's/Dementia, and Fibromyalgia, pancreatic cancer, Chron's Disease and colitis,
cystic fibrosis, leimyosarcoma, macular degeneration, Sjogren's Syndrome, fibromyalgia, lupus, sarcoidosis, the homeless, Mucolipidoses, thyroid cancer, ADD,
ADHD, Arnold Chiari Malformation, Mucopolysaccharidosis, Hurler Syndrome, childhood or pediatric stroke
Red Ribbons:AIDS/HIV,Heart Disease,Alcohol, tobacco, and drug prevention awareness, MADD, DARE, Epidermolysis Bullosa, Disaster relief, Stroke, supraventicular tachycardia, Wolff-parkinson-White Syndrom (WPW), Pro-life, hypertension, Evans Syndrome, Vasculitis, Wegener�s Granulomatosis
Silver Ribbons: Parkinson's Disease
Sky Blue Ribbons: Prostate Cancer
Teal Green: Cervical Cancer, Ovarian Cancer (some cross over of these previous two colors) Liver Cancer & Hepatitis, Tissue and organ transplants, depression (both adults and children), bipolar disorder, mental health, mental illness, eye injuries, Tourette's Syndrome, Fanconi's Syndrome, Von Hippel Lindau, glaucoma, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans, neural tube defects, Mitochondrial Disease, , Cerebral Palsy, Neurofibromatosis, Lissencephally, Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, Ovarian, cervical, uterine (all gynecological) Myasthenia Gravis, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, agoraphobia, panic or stress disorders (includes PTSD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fragile X, Batten Disease, Tourette's Syndrome (TSA designation)
Teal green or teal and white together: Cervical Cancer
White Ribbons: Bone Cancer, diabetes, hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, sexual assault of students, retinal blastoma, blindness, carbon monoxide poisoning (CO poisoning), post partum depression, survivors, Scoliosis, white ribbon with a knot tied in the middle for marriage equality, Gay-teen suicide
Yellow Ribbons: Sarcoma..bone cancer, spina biffida, endometriosis, sarcoma (with or without a sunflower), myxoid liposarcoma, bladder cancer, liver disease, liver cancer, cholangiocarcinomas, hydrocephalus or hydrocephaly, carbon monoxide poisoning, Ewing's sarcoma, chondrosarcoma
Combination of colors together:
Lt. Green: Pelvic Pain (chronic), Celiac Disease, STD Awareness, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
Cervical Cancer,Liver Cancer & Hepatitis
Cream: Paralysis, spinal cord injuries, spinal diseases or disorders, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
Teal green or teal green and white together: Cervical Cancer
Jade Or Emerald Ribbons: Liver Cancer & Hepatitis
Green/Blue Ribbons: Mental Heath Awareness, interstitial cystitis (IC Network designation),, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH), green-blue or turquoise with a zipper
Global Chiari Malformation Awareness
Gray Ribbons: Diabetes, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, brain cancer, glioblastoma, Parkinson's, asthma, allergies,
Jigsaw Puzzle Ribbons: Autism
Lace Ribbons: Osteoporosis
Lavender: General Cancer
Lime Green Ribbons: Lyme Disease, Lymphoma
Maroon Ribbons: Mulitple Melanoma
Orange Ribbons: Leukemia, Multiple Sclerosis, Kidney Cancer, self injury, reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), skin cancer (with a sun in the center of the loop), Deep Vein Thrombosis, Agent Orange Exposure
Orchid Ribbons: Testicular Cancer
Periwinkle Ribbons: Hypertensionm Stomach Cancer, Esophageal Cancer,Eating disorders, pulmonary hypertension, esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, GERD, IBS
Peach Ribbons: Uterine Cancer Endometrial Cancer, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Pearl Ribbons: Lung Cancer
Pink Ribbons: Breast Cancer, cleft palate disorder
Hot Pink: Inflammatory breast cancer...rarer form
Pink,Purple and Teal Ribbons: Thyroid Cancer
Purple Ribbons:
Pancreatic, Prostrate,Testicular,Leiomyosarcoma,Alzheimer's/Dementia, and Fibromyalgia, pancreatic cancer, Chron's Disease and colitis,
cystic fibrosis, leimyosarcoma, macular degeneration, Sjogren's Syndrome, fibromyalgia, lupus, sarcoidosis, the homeless, Mucolipidoses, thyroid cancer, ADD,
ADHD, Arnold Chiari Malformation, Mucopolysaccharidosis, Hurler Syndrome, childhood or pediatric stroke
Red Ribbons:AIDS/HIV,Heart Disease,Alcohol, tobacco, and drug prevention awareness, MADD, DARE, Epidermolysis Bullosa, Disaster relief, Stroke, supraventicular tachycardia, Wolff-parkinson-White Syndrom (WPW), Pro-life, hypertension, Evans Syndrome, Vasculitis, Wegener�s Granulomatosis
Silver Ribbons: Parkinson's Disease
Sky Blue Ribbons: Prostate Cancer
Teal Green: Cervical Cancer, Ovarian Cancer (some cross over of these previous two colors) Liver Cancer & Hepatitis, Tissue and organ transplants, depression (both adults and children), bipolar disorder, mental health, mental illness, eye injuries, Tourette's Syndrome, Fanconi's Syndrome, Von Hippel Lindau, glaucoma, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans, neural tube defects, Mitochondrial Disease, , Cerebral Palsy, Neurofibromatosis, Lissencephally, Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, Ovarian, cervical, uterine (all gynecological) Myasthenia Gravis, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, agoraphobia, panic or stress disorders (includes PTSD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fragile X, Batten Disease, Tourette's Syndrome (TSA designation)
Teal green or teal and white together: Cervical Cancer
White Ribbons: Bone Cancer, diabetes, hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, sexual assault of students, retinal blastoma, blindness, carbon monoxide poisoning (CO poisoning), post partum depression, survivors, Scoliosis, white ribbon with a knot tied in the middle for marriage equality, Gay-teen suicide
Yellow Ribbons: Sarcoma..bone cancer, spina biffida, endometriosis, sarcoma (with or without a sunflower), myxoid liposarcoma, bladder cancer, liver disease, liver cancer, cholangiocarcinomas, hydrocephalus or hydrocephaly, carbon monoxide poisoning, Ewing's sarcoma, chondrosarcoma
Combination of colors together:
Awareness Ribbon Colors
- AIDS/HIV: Red
- Alzheimers: Purple
- Autism: Jigsaw Puzzle Print
- Bladder Cancer: Yellow
- Bone Cancer: White
- Brain Cancer: Gray
- Breast Cancer: Pink Ribbons
- Childhood Cancers: Gold
- Colon Cancers: Dark Blue Ribbons
- Diabetes: Gray
- Dystonia: Violet
- Eating Disorders: Purple
- Epilepsy: Purple
- Heart Disease: Red Ribbons
- Hypertension: Periwinkle
- Kabuki Syndrome - Bright Green
- Kidney Cancer: Green Ribbons
- Leukemia: Orange
- Liver Cancer and Hepatitis: Jade Ribbons
- Lung Cancer: Pear
- Lyme Disease: Lime Green Ribbons
- Lymphoma: Lime Green Ribbons
- Melanoma: Black Ribbons
- Mental Health Awareness: Green/Blue Ribbons
- Multiple Myeloma: Burgundy
- Multiple Sclerosis: Orange
- Osteoporosis: Lace Ribbons
- Ovarian Cancer: Teal
- Pancreatic Cancer: Purple
- Parkinson's Disease: Silver Ribbons
- Prostate Cancer: Sky Blue Ribbons
- Stomach Cancer: Periwinkle
- Testicular Cancer: Purple
- Thyroid Cancer: Pink, Purple & Teal
- Click to download the free printable(s)
- Breast_Cancer_Awareness_Printables.zip
Extra: Red dresses for Heart Disease
Michele Bilyeu Creates *With Heart and Hands* Breast Cancer Awareness: Free Patterns for Quilts and Quilt Block Updated
13 comments:
That's fabulous! Do you mind if I post that in my cinic? I've never seen the whole list altogether - good job! Thanks for that, and oh yea -
I almost aspirated my tea.
JADE green is liver. Hmmmmm.
Isn't that awfully close to BILE green??
ROFL
Someone has kept a sense of humor while assigning these colors......
Don't forget purple - pancreatic cancer :0).
thanks for the pattern for the cancer ribbon and listing the colors i am making one for my cousin who is suffering from Leukemia and its nice to know what color to use for the ribbon
Does anyone know what the color for endometrial cancer is?
I found a couple of websites that said Peach was the color for endometrial cancer.
The purple ribbon is also used for domestic violence, child abuse, and fibromyalgia awareness. :) Thank you for all the patterns - I've been wanting to create a quilt for my fibromyalgia support group, and these are just wonderful!
The quilts are gorgeous!!! I'm a 24 year old breast cancer survivor who's still in the fighting stages, and I'm thinking about taking my head scarves and making a quilt out of them. I really like the quilt design that incorporates all of the different ribbons for all of the different cancers- TOTALLY AWESOME!
Thank you for posting these patterns. Our family just lost a very special person to Breast Cancer last night. She was my sister's mother-in-lay and her very best friend. I am making a memory jar and I did not have any breast cancer ribbon fabric so I will be making the ribbon in the heart pattern for her memory jar. Can I link your blog to my breast cancer link page?
Teresa
If I may add to your list...
Burgandy is for Multiple Myeloma
Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing.
Do you have this in a EQ file that you can email? I LOVE this quilt, I want to make it for my closest friend back in Denmark where I'm from, she's 32- a year younger than me and just got diagnosed with breast cancer.
I want to make it a tad smaller I think. cropperbea@gmail.com
I have eq7(and6)
Was wondering it there is a color for gallbladdar? My grandmother had it. I was wanting to do a ribbon in that color in rememberance of her.
Thank you
Misty
Gallbladder Disease uses the color Kelly Green for its ribbon.
Blue ribbons are for Histiocytosis Awareness and Child Abuse Awareness. Blue jean material ribbons are for Rare Disease Awareness. Love these patterns and will be trying a few of them out soon!
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