i made a quilt for my friend michele's sil who was diagnosed w/cancer. the plan was for michele & i to make it for her to take to chemo, but sadly, the cancer was too far gone when it was discovered.
since michele was busy getting her sil's house ready for an invalid, i literally threw together a quilt in 2 days so it would be ready when she came home (thank god for a snow day!)
sil passed away about 4 weeks later.. i went to the wake and was STUNNED to see this thrown together quilt topping the casket... i had sown photos on it in such a way that she could look at them in her lap, and they had it draped down so that part was in her lap in the casket..
i was so humbled to see how much it had meant to her & her family.