Thread: how do i help a friend thats miles away to quilt?

My friend lost her 19 yr old son two weeks ago in a hit and run accident. He was on his bike. Now she is asking me how to make a quilt out of his old clothes. She is in Fla and I am in Wa. Anyone on here from around Ormond Beach?

Sorry to here of your friends loss. Wish I was closer and if there is noone close enough welcome her to this site and there will be many who can talk her through one.

Can you skype with her???

i dont have skype but would be willing to get it. good idea!

from my understand skype is free and would be a great way to talk and help her with the quilt. Also have her look through somee of the tutorials here with the t-shirts to get ideas to help you help her.

Tell her about our board to check it out :roll: :lol: :P :thumbup:

There are so many ways that you can help her. If I may offer some suggestions to you....
A T-shirt quilt is nice but may be too difficult to do at first. So, maybe suggest that she collect the t-shirts and set aside to figure out how many and which ones to make in the future.
Think about shirts and jeans. A rag quilt with jeans/slacks on one side and shirts on the other. Don't forget to save the pockets for a little extra.
Now, this may be going too far, so please excuse.... Make some blocks out of his regular clothes, enough for a small pillow sham. You could suggest socks or misc items to use as 'filling' for the pillow.
A miniature quilt that she can have with her at all times.
There are alot of posts on making these here. So sorry to hear of your friend's loss.

Gwyn, so sorry to hear of your friend's lose. You are a good friend to help her with this project. Bless you and her and her family, of course.

Yes tell her about this board!

We'd love to have her here!

well, perhaps a rag quilt would work. easy, squares and not much work.