Have you ever seen a casket lined with a quilt?
01-17-2011, 04:49 PM
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MY DD passed last year and I was going to ask my DM for some of dads shirts to make her a quilt out of so she could cuddle up with it to give her some comfort. Now im going to make the quilt and hopefully we can use it in that way, not too soon I hope. It would give me alot of comfort knowing my DD shirts were wrapped around my DM. Great idea.
01-17-2011, 06:04 PM
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I think that is a lovely story. Obviously your gift gave her so much comfort in life that her daughters throught it would comfort her for eternity.
Originally Posted by sewTinker
when we were on our little farm, our elderly neighbor, of whom I was so very fond, went into a nursing home. I made her a quilt from 30's reproduction fabric in flannels with a warm cotton batting. Well, she just loved it. Turns out she just couldn't get warm in that place, and so she kept it wrapped around her legs. Within a month, she passed away. When we went to the wake, her daughters told me that the quilt was wrapped around her to 'keep her warm,' and they opened the bottom half of the coffin to show me! (this was something new for me to experience.) She was buried with it. It was an odd feeling, but I find myself thinking of her with that little quilt. I ran across some of its scraps today...
anyway - kind of off subject, but to see this post after coming across those scraps... just had to respond.
anyway - kind of off subject, but to see this post after coming across those scraps... just had to respond.
01-17-2011, 06:24 PM
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Never saw anything like that. But my sister is terminal from breast cancer and she asked me to make her a quilt and matching pillow for her coffin. Have to say I thought she was being morbid. But as it went along I found myself being comforted by the idea she would have my quilt wrapped around her.
01-17-2011, 06:39 PM
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I think it is beautiful and I showed my husband and tasked him with selecting something like that for my casket!!! After losing our child he knows he better take me seriously when I talk about something like this! Why not a beautiful quilted interior or even a quilt draped over the casket. It would be a beautiful representation of our lives!
01-17-2011, 08:10 PM
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Well ladies the "Death Quilt" is another think for you to ask your DH's to put on your wish list for when you die. The Wedding Ring quilt is very soothing and looks at home lining the coffin...
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