Welcome to QuiltRed, where quilters and quilt shop owners work together to raise awareness about the importance of women’s heart health.As women, when we hear about heart disease, many of us make the mistake of assuming that heart disease is a “man’s disease.” But the sad truth is that one in four women in the United States dies from heart disease, while one in 33 dies from breast cancer.
There are many steps, however, that women can take to reduce the likelihood of acquiring heart disease. That’s why The Fabric Shop Network established QuiltRed. In partnership with our member shops, we hope to join with quilt shops and quilters everywhere to educate women about the changes they can make to their lives to combat heart disease.
How can you get involved?
- Educate yourself about heart disease. Our site features many, many links to resources that can help you understand the risks and what you can do to help keep your heart healthy.
- Find a shop participating QuiltRed and sign up for a QuiltRed class or club!
- Raise awareness about heart health by making a red quilt to give away or as a reminder to yourself to take care of your heart.
- Make a red quilt for charity!
- Check back to our site regularly to get inspired to be heart healthy and share the importance of heart health with others.
- Join us and QuiltRed for women’s heart health!
Exercise
- American Heart Association – Nutrition Center
- Arizona Heart Institute
- Control Your Diabetes For Life: Keeping Heart Health
- Dept. of Health: Hawaii Women Can Take Steps To Save Their Own Lives
- Franklin Institute – Tips
- Heart Healthy Living – Better Homes & Gardens
- HEART UK: Healthy Living
- Just Move
- Michigan Dept. of Community Health: Cardiovascular Health, Nutrition & Physical Activity
- Singapore Heart Foundation: 3-5-7 Healthy Heart Principles
- Start Walking Now
- U of Maryland: Laughter Is The Best Medicine For Your Heart
- Well: Recalibrated Formula Eases Women’s Workouts
General Heart Health
- A Program For Reducing Heart Disease In West Virginia
- AARP
- About.com – Heart Disease In Women
- Alaska Heart Institute – Health Calculators
- American Heart Association
- Arizona Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program
- Arizona Heart Foundation
- Arizona Heart Institute
- Australia: Heart Foundation
- British Heart Foundation: Keeping Your Heart Healthy
- California Dept. of Public Health: Womens Health Survey – Heart Disease
- Carondelet Health Network
- Center for Disease Control & Prevention
- Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC)
- Christiana Care Health System
- CNNhealth.com – Aspirin fights heart attacks, but…
- Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
- Connecticut Dept. of Public Health: Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
- Control Your Diabetes For Life: Keeping Heart Health
- CPC – Colorado Clinical Research Community Health
- Delaware – Lt. Gov Challenge: Your Heart Is In Your Hands
- Dept. of Health: Hawaii Women Can Take Steps To Save Their Own Lives
- Federal Government Source For Women’s Heart Health
- Framingham Heart Study: Three generations of participants
- Georgia Dept. of Community Health – Know Your Numbers: The Key To Heart Health
- Georgia: Center For Disease Control & Prevention
- Hawaii State Dept. of Health: Fact Sheet – Second Hand Smoke & Heart Disease
- HealthInsite: Heart Health
- Healthy Women: Heart Disease Overview
- Heart Healthy Living – Better Homes & Gardens
- Heart of Florida Health Center
- Idaho Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program
- Illinois Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program
- Irish Heart Foundation: Heart Health Information
- Just Move
- Kansas Dept. of Health & Environment: Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack & Stroke
- Kentucky Heart Disease Fact Sheet
- Mass.gov: Heart Disease, Stroke Prevention and Control Program
- Mayo Clinic Heart Disease Resources
- Menopause Metamorphosis: Heart Healthy
- Michigan Dept. of Community Health: Cardiovascular Health, Nutrition & Physical Activity
- Minnesota Sea Grant: Fish Oil & Your Health
- Mississippi Heart Truth Campaign
- Mississippi Women’s Heart Health
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute – (NHLBI)
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute – (NHLBI)
- New York State Dept. of Health: Cardiovascular Disease
- New Zealand: Heart Foundation
- Start Walking Now
- Sutter Health: Women’s Heart Health
- Take Heart Alaska
- Texas Heart Institute: Project Heart – Activities For The Classroom
- Texas Heart Institute: Women & Heart Disease
- The Heart Truth
- Utah Dept. of Health: Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program
- UWIN: Utah Women’s Health Information Network
- WebMD
- WebMD: 5 Heart-Healthy Foods http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/features/5-heart-healthy-foods
- Well: Recalibrated Formula Eases Women’s Workouts
- West Virginia DNR Wildlife Resources: Health Benefits of Eating Fish
- Women Heart: Women With Heart Disease – WA D. C.
- Women’s Health Initiative – Quilts
- Women’s Heart Foundation
- Women’s Heart Foundation: Women’s Heart Disease Risk Quiz
- Women, heart disease and stroke in Oregon
- Womenshealth.gov
Heart Health in Your State
- A Program For Reducing Heart Disease In West Virginia
- Arizona Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program
- Arizona Heart Foundation
- Arizona Heart Institute
- Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
- CPC – Colorado Clinical Research Community Health
- Dept. of Health: Hawaii Women Can Take Steps To Save Their Own Lives
- Healthy Maine Partnerships: Cardiovascular Disease
- Heart of Florida Health Center
- Idaho Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program
- Illinois Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program
- Maine Cardiovascular Health Council
- Mass.gov: Heart Disease, Stroke Prevention and Control Program
- Michigan Dept. of Community Health: Cardiovascular Health, Nutrition & Physical Activity
- Minnesota Sea Grant: Fish Oil & Your Health
- Mississippi Women’s Heart Health
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute – (NHLBI)
- Nebraska DHHS: The Heart Truth
- Nebraska Office of Women’s Health
- New York State Dept. of Health: Cardiovascular Disease
- Ohio.gov: Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
- OhioHealth: Do Your Heart Good
- Programs of the Maine Cardiovascular Health Council
- Take Heart Alaska
- Texas Heart Institute: Women & Heart Disease
- University of Iowa: Eating For A Healthy Heart
- Utah Dept. of Health: Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program
- UWIN: Utah Women’s Health Information Network
- West Virginia DNR Wildlife Resources: Health Benefits of Eating Fish
- Women Heart: Women With Heart Disease – WA D. C.
- Women, heart disease and stroke in Oregon
Nutrition
- About.com – Heart Healthy Recipes
- Arizona Heart Institute
- California Avocado Commission: Avocados & Your Heart
- Control Your Diabetes For Life: Keeping Heart Health
- Dept. of Health: Hawaii Women Can Take Steps To Save Their Own Lives
- Eating Well
- Heart Healthy Living – Better Homes & Gardens
- Heart Healthy Natural Beef
- Minnesota Sea Grant: Fish Oil & Your Health
- University of Iowa: Eating For A Healthy Heart
- WebMD: 5 Heart-Healthy Foods http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/features/5-heart-healthy-foods