Originally Posted by
Bneighbor
My family is from the South and there was a time when the funeral ribbons were given to a family member to create funeral pillows. The ribbon was cut and folded to look like flower petals. They were sewn onto a round pillow for, and a large button was added to the center. Looked like a daliha when it was done. Close family members would receive the pillows. Cool idea for a quilt.
I remember seeing a pillow with dfferent coloured ribbon folded into points at the houses of my great Aunts and my Grandmother when I was a child. The pillows were either round or heart shaped and I remember one mounted on the wall. I thought that perhaps they may have been a "sewing/craft" item that was made but they could have possibly been made as a memorial. I will have to ask my 90 yr old Mom if she remembers items being made in remembrance.