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01-17-2011, 10:33 PM

#101

noveltyjunkie

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Originally Posted by KathyAire

In a quilting class, the talk about what would happen to your stash and quilts when you die. Some said they would probably end up in a garage sale, up in the attic, etc. One lady said she left instructions for her quilts to be buried with her because she didn't know anyone worthy enough of all the time she spent making them.

That is sad. She must be a lonely person. I hope she finds someone before she passes on. I would love to be buried with one quilt, but "taking them all with you" is just not the way it is supposed to work, is it?!

01-17-2011, 10:37 PM

#102

angelwatcher

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Originally Posted by DJRustic

Since moving to Mo 2 yrs ago, we have a little paper & in it was a classified for hand made pine caskets.

I have heard of a quilter in Montana, I believe, who has her coffin already made and is using it at present for storage for some of her stash. I don't know any other details, but thought to myself that she was thinking ahead for her end time and using it (the coffin) for her present time!!

I love the idea of having a quilt draped over my coffin, but as I will probably be cremated, I'm thinking of making my own cremation urn out of stained glass and of course in a Angel quilted pattern.

01-17-2011, 10:42 PM

#103

katesnanna

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Not a Casket lined with a quilt but when one of my quilting friends passed away her family draped her memory quilt over her coffin in the chapel. She was very proud of this quilt and it was the quilt she was starting when I first met her.
We only had 5 years of friendship but it was full of life & laughter as well as worry over grown children and all of life's ups and downs. I miss her.

01-18-2011, 12:18 AM

#104

Momsmurf

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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.

Her daughters really loved her to know what Mom loved and used. I think it's the ultimate show of appreciation.

01-18-2011, 06:36 AM

#105

misseva

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Originally Posted by 1screech

I could buy one to put in a coffin...but I could never put a quilt in that I had spent many hours sewing. It would be such a waste of a wonderful quilt.

I was thinking the same thing. I have instructed my daughter to drape one of my quilts over the coffin but I don't want one to be buried with me. I surely won't need it where I'm going and I don't mean the hot place.

01-18-2011, 07:08 AM

#106

Woodster

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Originally Posted by misseva

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Originally Posted by 1screech

I could buy one to put in a coffin...but I could never put a quilt in that I had spent many hours sewing. It would be such a waste of a wonderful quilt.

That's funny! It makes the ones "left behind" feel good - doesn't do a thing for the one inside after death, although it's
comforting to them prior to the event.

01-18-2011, 07:32 AM

#107

misseva

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Originally Posted by Woodster

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Originally Posted by misseva

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1screech

I could buy one to put in a coffin...but I could never put a quilt in that I had spent many hours sewing. It would be such a waste of a wonderful quilt.

That's funny! It makes the ones "left behind" feel good - doesn't do a thing for the one inside after death, although it's
comforting to them prior to the event.

AND on top of that I'm having a closed coffin at my funeral. I think I would sit up and spit if someone came by and said "Oh, doesn't she look natural?" To think that I would look 'natural' lying there dead is just too much!!! And yes, I know I won't know anything about it - but still - just don't want to give anyone the opportunity to say it. lol

01-18-2011, 08:00 AM

#108

jojo47

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Originally Posted by sewTinker

How lovely of you to share this...What a tribute to your friend and to you!

01-18-2011, 08:54 AM

#109

Quilter2B

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Originally Posted by amandasgramma

I'd prefer that over satin!!!!!

Me too,

01-18-2011, 09:23 AM

#110

lynnie

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i love it, i used to be a casket embroider, i loved the job, it gave me a chance to be creative, and i really appriciated what i was doing to help others out too.