A quilt for a grieving person
My friend's 16-year-old son was in a terrible car accident a couple of weeks ago. While he was in the hospital "blue hearts" became a sort of community symbol for his recovery. I went down to the fabric store and purchased materials to make a blue hearts quilt for him, thinking he would be in the hospital for a long time and would like to have something other than scratchy hospital blankets in his bed.
Sadly, only a couple of days after the accident he passed away. His family is obviously devastated. I still want to make the quilt to give to his mother but I don't know if blue hearts are still the right choice, since they were a symbol of a recovery that didn't happen.
Has anyone ever made a quilt for such a sad occasion, and if so any ideas on patterns?