Teacup

This lends itself to a lot of fun jokes...I can think of many.

However, if someone special to you is hurting, it never hurts to make a little quilt just to offer a hug of love and support through a hard time. I'm not sure I'd call it a divorce quilt...unless the person has a great sense of humor and relief over the situation.

Ninnie

:lol: :lol: :lol: I found this :lol: :lol: :lol:


http://books.google.com/books?id=2Kf...quilts&f=false

mamaw

Last year at the state quilt show, there was a death quilt. That was kind of freaky. On the bottom were tombstones, and when someone dies you put it in the quilt with their name on it......arghhh!!! So I guess, there must be a quilt for divorce too lol.

Teacup

Great find, Ninnie! Interesting!

Teacup

My friend's mother passed away, and in their family they consider the person "going to sleep." For the visitation at the funeral home, her mother was in a nightgown and robe, head on a pillow and draped with a quilt her grandmother had made. They did not use a coffin. I think there are a lot of different customs out there. This was the first time I had seen this. (They did not use the quilt in the final burial.)

SaraSewing

Sorry, but I must jest over a divorce quilt. Even in "friendly" divorces, it is never totally smooth, with effects that change lives. That is why I suggested the jagged edges, hacked apart. . .

But of course you can always make a quilt of comfort or friendship, no matter the circumstances!

nursie76

I remember reading about "Coffin Quilts" found this on the net:

"Coffin Quilts date from the days when people were rubbing up against death all the time, so it was treated a little more matter-of-factly than it is today. As with most other types of patchwork quilt, they appear to have originally been an American invention.
They were usually done in somber shades of grey or brown and consisted of a plain center (the graveyard) surrounded by either pieced blocks (star, nine-patch, etc.) or by appliques such as a picket fence. These quilts were sometimes also embroidered with vines, flowers, and other funerary symbols.
Now for the fun part: Appliques in the shape of toe-pincher coffins, each embroidered with the name of a family member, were loosely basted on the quilt’s border. When a relative died, the coffin bearing his/her name was removed and sewed permanently in the center or graveyard area, along with the date of death.
Yeah, that’d be a hoot, wouldn’t it? Going to visit Aunt Agatha and seeing the little coffin with your name on it, just waiting….

On a more historical note check this link out about the comfort that quilts bring:
http://www.womenfolk.com/quilting_history/mourning.htm

littlehud

A divorce quilt. You guys have the funniest ideas. I would have found it hilarious, but some people wouldn't. Guess you need to know the person well before doing one. I loved the idea of one hacked in half. Made me giggle. :D

Tippy

Well, you can laugh all you want, but I celebrate my divorcaversary every year.. I was divorced on 9/9/92 at 9 am...... :P In CRIMINAL court...lol
The judge was a friend of my lawyers and heard the divorce before the criminal docket started.. lawyer said "you shouldn't be married to that a$$h013 a MINUTE longer than necessary".. the court even refunded my court costs!!!! I'm thinking the "Broken Dishes" quilt would be a good one.

mytwopals

Note to self .... Don't have a serious relationship with esqmommy! :lol: :lol: