Quilt my own headstone???
07-18-2011, 06:12 PM
#51
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With all the beautiful tracing they are doing on headstones today, why not a quilt pattern? My dad's has the planes he flew in Viet Nam eched into his. Why can I have a quilt square? I would like the "Road to Arkansas" please.
07-18-2011, 06:33 PM
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The quilt shop in Michigan had an usual request. Someone came in and wanted 3 blocks quilted in their favorite quilt patterns to in lay on top of the coffin. The lady was 90 years young and wanted to quilt the top herself. I thought that was a little strange.
07-18-2011, 11:26 PM
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maybe not the headstone, but you can sew your own casket lining after you have made yout own casket.
Seems you should be able to finish the job and do the headstone too.
On 2nd thought...no thanks. that's too creepy.
Seems you should be able to finish the job and do the headstone too.
On 2nd thought...no thanks. that's too creepy.
07-19-2011, 12:16 AM
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This reminds me of a scene from the 18th century novel Clarissa by Samuel Richardson. Clarissa is a young lady who is supposed to be more or less perfect, including her beauty, education and accomplishments such as playing the harpsichord and needlework. Fast-forward to about 1400 pages later, when she has been through some extremely nasty experiences and is dying of anorexia. She orders her coffin in advance, and keeps it in her room to use as a desk and occasionally rest on. This freaks everyone out. What freaks them out even more is that she has ordered the coffin to be covered with these highly elaborate designs. When people nervously ask her why, she says, "Oops, I'm so used to doing my embroidery designs, I got a bit carried away."
So someone thought of something very similar about 270 years ago!
So someone thought of something very similar about 270 years ago!
07-19-2011, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by running1
Hey there quilters... My sister gave me a little calendar with a daily quilt moment... A few days ago this was the daily quilty saying:
"Apparently, you can't quilt your own headstone. If you could, a quilter would have already figured out how and e-mailed the steps to everyone she knows."
It made me chuckle... thought you might enjoy it too...
Have a good one!! GO USA!!!!!
"Apparently, you can't quilt your own headstone. If you could, a quilter would have already figured out how and e-mailed the steps to everyone she knows."
It made me chuckle... thought you might enjoy it too...
Have a good one!! GO USA!!!!!
Oh no!! Now I'm going to have to try and figure out how to quilt my headstone!! LOL
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