Prayer quilt
Has anyone heard of a prayer quilt? and are there patterns for them?
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I've heard of prayer shawls, but never a prayer quilt. I suppose if you pray while you quilt that would qualify.
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I just typed in "Prayer Quilt" to Google and got hundreds of hits, including some instructions. Most of them have some kind of tie on the block. When the quilt is made by a group of people, they pray and tie the block. Also, most of them are made to give away: hospices, hospitals, nursing homes, new babies, etc.
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Anita Goodesign has a new Prayer Quilt and it is done on the Embroidery machine.
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A prayer quilt can be any pattern, it usually smaller than a lap quilt. Blockpartysutdios.com has some nice panels and patterns for prayer quilts.
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My 35 year old niece, who passed away in March of this year with breast cancer, was given what she called a prayer quilt. It was quilted with long ties - I'm thinking maybe pearl cotton thread. When a person came to see her, they were to say a prayer for her and tie another knot in one of the ties. Each tie had many knots in it - each representing a prayer that had been offered for her.
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Originally Posted by runninL8
(Post 4704732)
My 35 year old niece, who passed away in March of this year with breast cancer, was given what she called a prayer quilt. It was quilted with long ties - I'm thinking maybe pearl cotton thread. When a person came to see her, they were to say a prayer for her and tie another knot in one of the ties. Each tie had many knots in it - each representing a prayer that had been offered for her.
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This sounds like the what was described to me yesterday, Thought is was a great idea, since I have several people in my church that have gone through or are going through chemo. I've never heard of one, Thanks to all who replied. :-)
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I have the pattern where you trace handprints of friends and family and applique them onto a block. The person can also print a message or prayer by their handprint. I wanted to do one for my cousin but she went so fast I didn't even get a chance to collect the handprints. So sad. The prayer quilts with the long strings that you tie a knot in ever time you say a prayer sound lovely.
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Originally Posted by cjr5107
(Post 4704471)
Has anyone heard of a prayer quilt? and are there patterns for them?
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