Originally Posted by KBunn
Klue do you only make for breast cancer awareness? My SIL passed away from cervical cancer last summer. I bought some lovely fabric in teals ....with the cancer awareness ribbons ect for cervical cancer awareness but I have been unable to bring myself to make the quilt. If this is something you would be interested in I would be happy to send it to you.
i'm so sorry to hear about your sister - i understand completely that you've haven't been able to make a quilt.
i kind of fell into the entire cancer quilt making thing. it started because i was going to support groups when my MIL and BIL both passed away.
the word kind of spread thru all the support groups that i was a quilter and people started to ask me to make quilts for them or their loved ones.
the most often requested is breast cancer but i have made some cervical quilts too.
99.99% of the time i don't charge people for the quilt - i think in the last 6 years i've been paid a small fee on 2 quilts.
i would be honored if you sent me the fabric but you might want to hold onto it for a little longer before you decide.
the best thing i ever did to heal from the loss of my family was making these quilts.
every day that i make the cancer quilts, the quilts for the battered woman's shelter, or the hospice care quilts - i feel like my loved ones live on - that i and the community still honor and value them.
so maybe one day you can make a quilt and donate it to the hospital to ease anothers suffering.
when i first started i cried often while making them but soon it passed and i was filled with nothing but loving memories.