bjeriann

I made my DD a quilt for Christmas a few yrs ago. I put it in a white trash bag for them to take home. You guessed it -- it went out with the garbage. She was heart broken. I'm hoping a homeless person found it.

quiltingbuddy

Oh I'm so sad about every one of these nightmares. Quilts are meant to only bring sweet dreams! Of course I have a nightmare to add too, and thankfully only one that I know of, but it truly is the worst thing that could ever happen...it took me many years to heal enough to even tell the story...

Early in my quilting I made my daughter (15 at the time) a quilt that was fussy cut, hand pieced and hand quilted. Not long after I gave it to her she was kidnapped and it disappeared with her. I didn't see my daughter for a long time while we tried and tried to find her and get her back home. The good news is that we did finally get my girl back. The bad news is that she was taken by some people who were in the hell's angels (they don't deserve capitalization) motorcycle club and she was not the same girl when she came home. The quilt was left in South Florida somewhere when they were on the run, I guess left with some people who were supposed to hold "some stuff" for them that they would come back for. I still have more of the same fabric but can't bring myself to use it.

loisf

Quiltingbuddy, I can't imagine your anguish at the kidnapping of your daughter and the grief you and she suffered as a result. My heart goes out to you both. I'm sure your quilt comforted her during her ordeal.

sewmany

First of all, how do some of you do multiple quotes? So many horror stories. I could not stop to read them.

The saddest story I have besides not receiving a Thank you note is when my friend and I made 42 full size quilts for the Katrina Victims. The Church was going to New Orleans to help out and my friend decided to make quilts to deliver to the victims. I then heard about it and decided to help her. She Provided all the fabric and materials. We got this done within 3 months with most of them being tied. This caused her a lot of stress in which it affected her eye site since she had Diabetes.
Months Later, after the Quilts assumably was delivered. We heard that they were found in a trailer unit just sitting there.
We were very Devastated, in shock and without words.