a sensitive quilt question
11-05-2010, 01:35 PM
#162
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I agree with Spring. A comfort quilt says a lot about love, and comfort. I would tell her something like "I made this quilt especially for you, hoping it would give comfort to you". I don't think I would say anything else because I believe she will know exactly what you are talking about. How sweet and loving you are to want to do that for her.
11-06-2010, 09:21 AM
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I love my mom. After she died of old age, I picked up my new Rx glasses that came in a pretty green eye glass case. Every time I looked at that case, I started crying, because it was my mom's favorite color. I had to get rid of it. If someone had given me a memory quilt for her, I would have put it in a pillow case and buried it deep in a closet somewhere. Just my 2 cents....
11-06-2010, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by sewdarnbusy
I love my mom. After she died of old age, I picked up my new Rx glasses that came in a pretty green eye glass case. Every time I looked at that case, I started crying, because it was my mom's favorite color. I had to get rid of it. If someone had given me a memory quilt for her, I would have put it in a pillow case and buried it deep in a closet somewhere. Just my 2 cents....
11-14-2010, 08:21 PM
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Personally, I would prefer a comfort quilt to a memory quilt. I'm sure the fact that her mom committed sucicide as a result of fighting a lifetime of depression is something she is not going to want to be reminded of. Rather than put many welll meaning hours into a memory quilt that might get shoved in a closet, why not make the comfort quilt that she will cherish. She will remember your thoughtfullness for years to come. How she decides to remember her MOM should be left up to her-it probably is going to be quite a difficult and painful process.
11-17-2010, 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Spring
My mother has had a very long battle with depression and threatens to take her life at least three times a year. If I ever end up in your SIL shoes a memory quilt would be hard to handle. I think that a comfort quilt would mean the world to her right now.
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