I was quite surprised
 

I worked with a close knit group of women, our little group got split up when our jobs got outsourced to a outside company. We still meet up every year for a weekend to catch up. One of the others mother passed and today was a viewing, when we got there I saw they had hung a memory quilt I made for her mother, it was hanging in front of the casket among the baskets of flowers. I have to admit I was thrilled to know she loved it that much that the family knew they had to include it. Nope, it's not a blue ribbon at a big quilt show, but I think it meant as much to me.

What a wonderful experience! I would have cried my eyes out!

So heartfelt. What a kind person you are and it shows what goes around comes around.

It is so great to know the quilt was appreciated.

Great affirmation of your craft as well as your friendship.

It is really great to know she loved her quilt!

We often never know the impact of our quilting. Your quilt must have made a powerful imprint on all. I am sure the threads in your heart were touched deeply.

It must have meant a lot to the mother and to them for it to be displayed. Such a great honor is worth a big giant blue ribbon!

Wonderful.

Annie

Your quilt was a winner and so are you!

how special to have the quilt there.

What a great tribute to you. It is always a blessing to know that someone enjoys our work.

How wonderful! We included the last quilt that mom had finished when we had her funeral and then 5 months later used the same quilt on the memorial table at daddy's funeral.

I'm glad you know that this is worth more than a blue ribbon.

How wonderful! My sister called me not too long ago and asked me if I had a quilt made with green, fushia, and blues in it. Well, I did. She and her daughter wanted to use it as decoration at her Country wedding. I plan to gift it to her as a wedding present so she can cherish the memories forever. (wonder if she planned it that way? hehehehe)

That gesture was better than any blue ribbon!

I don't think you could have been paid a higher compliment!

Much better than a blue ribbon.

A great tribute to her .........and to you

HOw wonderful that she treasured it so much that it earned a place of honor at her wake...You must be a very special quilter...

I cannot think of a greater honor.

How nice to know she really loved your gift. I would still be crying.

and that is why we quilt

I'd think it means even more than any blue ribbon to see your work cherished and appreciated like that.

Oh, how wondersul!

Those are the times when you're glad you're a quilter!

While I was still employed in a state office, one of the staff, a member of the Sioux Indian tribe lost her husband. She told me that each person who attended the services on the reservation in North Dakota was to get a blanket or quilt in his honor, so she was obtaining the needed pieces. She finally took two smallish quilts I had made for some young relatives. I felt honored to be a part of this. Some years later the escort military personnel who assisted in a burial of a soldier were also given quilts, along with those who had attended the services. This was reported in the press. What a wonderful tradition!!!

Oh that is so nice and what pride you must have felt to know she loved it.

That is a lovely story. It was a blue ribbon quilt to her family.

What a wonderful tribute to you.

What a lovely thing for the family to do. I am so glad that you got to see it yourself. Very touching.

sorry for the loss of a friend but " it's not a blue ribbon at a big quilt show, but I think it meant as much to me " it would have meant as much to me too. My brother was burried in a shirt i made for him he loved it so much.
it really does mean a lot to know to know your work is appreciated.

WOW that would mean way more to me than any color ribbon!!! Good Job!!! Sometimes we don't realize the impact we have on someone else's life :) Good on ya!!! and sorry for your friend's loss

Says more than any words (or awards for that matter)

How special, and it is great when our loved ones are appreciated by our friends.

That is a wonderful. I'm so glad I read this.

I also have a story to tell like this...one of my friends at work ordered a "Fishing" quilt for her son's 17th b'day...the quilt was done a week before his b'day but unfortunately, he was killed in a car crash before he ever got to see the gift his mother planned for him...when we went to the funeral, thye had his quilt in the casket with him...it still touches my heart...

What a BEAUTIFUL story!! My heart skipped a couple beats! ~~~ ♥