My 19 year old daughter was killed in a tragic car accident July 9, 2014. I started making quilts of comfort for her friends and family to help them heal, and feel her love and comfort when they wrapped themselves in the quilt. My goal was to make 19 quilts to represent her 19 years of life, but as I made my 19th quilt and looked at names of people I still needed to make quilts for, I just kept qu
ilting. At my 20th month mark, I had made 75 quilts for her friends and family, using her insurance money to pay for all those quilts. It was symbolic of paying it forward, and in a way Natalie paid for all those quilts. As I am ending my project I was thinking of ways to keep this going, but in a different direction. I am an Oncology nurse and have loved working in that field since 1979. Natalie would often visit me at my work, and would sit with patients to visit with them. She loved them as much as I did, so moving this project to make Chemo quilts was quite exciting for me. On my journey as a grieving mother, I have met some incredible mothers and fathers who are also grieving, and I have started making quilts for them too, to represent their children who have left too soon. This is a hard journey, and I have learned that wrapping yourself with a quilt is quite comforting, especially if it symbolizes your child..and their love..
