LoreleiHI's quilt, just finished yesterday
Annalize5 has lung cancer and a host of other severe health problems, including heart disease, liver disease, and diabetes. In order to have better care when the lower left lobe of her lung was removed, she relocated halfway across the country to be near her daughter. It's always hard to relocate -- but especially when one is in such delicate health. We're making Annalize5 a community quilt to support her through the stress of the move and through her healing. We are 17 messages and $337 short for this quilt.
LoreleiHI's quilt, showing the backing
What is a community quilt? It is a colorful quilt that contains loving messages from you, transcribed by me onto muslin in archival ink. It has all the warmth of a handmade quilt with the added zing of all that love from an entire community. It is a hug from friends that never fades, full of love that never washes out. Annalize5 will be able to take her quilt to treatment, cuddle under it at home, and cry into it if she needs to. We'll all be with her.
Vetwife's quilt top has grown...it's almost done
It takes time and material to make a community quilt -- and it is our small living. If you would like to contribute toward it's making as well as with your words, Here is a PayPal link -- or message me for an address if you prefer a check. $15/message is suggested -- but some give more to cover for messages for those who cannot afford to donate but whose words are so important for this quilt. All messages are welcome.
Pieces for a border on Vetwife's quilt
So far, these people have left messages for Annalize5:
1. Sara R
2. commonmass
3. cfk in the Thumb of Michigan
4. JaxDem
5. winglion
6. FloridaSNMOM
7. escapee
8. Pluto
9. BeadLady
10. ArthurPoet
11. ramara
12. ZenTrainer
13. enhydra lutris
14. Kitsap River and Charles CurtisStanley
15. Pam from Calif
16. Chacounne
17. Louisiana 1976
18. DarkHawk98
Backing fabric for Vetwife's quilt
Need inspiration? Here are a few of Annalize5's messages:
May you have comfort, renewed health, and hearts-ease, with love from us both and from your entire community here. Kitsap River and Charles CurtisStanley
Take this quilt anywhere you go and you will feel at home. ZenTrainer
May the power of love that as this quilt embraces you, heal your body and spirit during the challenge you are facing. DarkHawk98
Dear Annalize5, Although we cannot be near you in person to offer love and comfort, the squares in this quilt are even better as they carry our good thoughts forever and are with you always. Love, JaxDem
Never lose your will to be who you are, and always know that you are loved by people you have never met. commonmass
May you breath in love and healing while being wrapped in spirit. BeadLady
Dusty inspects paradox's quilt
These are the community quilts completed to date:
1. othniel (cellulitis and ensuing complications, RIP)
2. exmearden (cancer of heart and lung, RIP)
3. MsSpentyouth (brain tumor)
4. Moe99 (lung cancer, RIP)
5. Michelle Caudle (ovarian cancer, RIP)
6. BFSkinner (lupus)
7. Kitsap River (long wait for kidney donor that ended 2/18/11)
8. Frederick Clarkson (blood clots)
9. Dreaming of Better Days (lymphoma)
10. one bite at a time (lost house and belongings to fire)
11. Timroff (cellulitis)
12. Sol Fed Joe (multiple cancers and health problems)
13. Brubs (AIDS, immune reconstitution syndrome)
14. rserven (gall bladder infection with dangerous complications)
15. grndrush (brain tumor, RIP)
16. ImpeachKingBushII (needs liver transplant)
17. andsarahtoo (lupus)
18. Frank Cocozzelli (muscular dystrophy)
19. luvsathoroughbred (breast cancer)
20. Predictor (stroke and HIV)
21. Austex54 (caretaker to othniel)
22. Theodore Olbermann, RIP
23. cskendrick (antibiotic resistant infection)
24. Keith Olbermann (caregiver to father)
25. Juan (cancer)
26. Ana (a young horse belonging to Juan, hit by truck)
27. MA Liberal’s mother (Alzheimer’s)
28. Charles CurtisStanley (caretaker to Kitsap River)
29. Lorikeet (cervical cancer)
30. Dr. Lori (metastatic cancer)
31. ulookarmless (cancer, heart condition, stroke, RIP)
32. riverlover (caregiver to husband suffering from liver failure, now widowed)
33. Melody Townsel (caregiver to dying father, now deceased)
34. dadanation (AIDS)
35. Dr. William F. Harrison (leukemia, RIP)
36. Larry Bailey (sudden loss of partner to heart attack)
37. ramara (adopted son with fetal alcohol syndrome)
38. Noor B (herniated disk from car accident)
39. Louisiana 1976 (fibromyalgia, severe arthritis, depression)
40. stumpy (MS, stroke, RIP)
41. bleeding heart's niece (cancer, RIP)
42. escapee (failure of corneal surgery)
43. SarahLee (lymphoma, Lyme Disease)
44. Bustergirl (ovarian cancer)
45. mimi's niece (cancer, RIP)
46. ZenTrainer (breast cancer)
47. Miss Blue (severe injury to shoulder, anxiety over coverage for surgery)
48. Granny Doc (bladder cancer, RIP)
49. mango (heart attack)
50. nudger (ovarian cancer, RIP)
51. DaNang65 (heart condition)
52. Lt. Choi (exhaustion)
53. Nurse Kelley (spinal stenosis)
54. Ben Masel (lung cancer, RIP)
55. Otterary Scribe (caregiver, grieving grandfather, grieving widower)
56. Aji (autoimmune diseases incl. fibromyalgia, inflammatory arthritis, & Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus Syndrome)
57. JaxDem (suddenly widowed)
58. DavidW (AIDS and other undiagnosed illness)
59. Jester the Marine (facing amputation of leg)
60. peregrine kate (endometrial cancer)
61. mimi (grief due to family illnesses)
62. alliedoc (endometrial cancer, RIP)
63. labwitchy (diffuse scleroderma)
64. Daily Kos (celebrating community)
65. belinda ridgewood (sudden loss of her mother)
66. princesspat (blood clots, deep vein thrombosis)
67. Scott Olsen (severe head injury)
68. SensibleShoes (caring for sister with brain cancer)
69. Joanna (cancer)
70. cany (grieving caretaker of mother with dementia)
71. Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (breast cancer)
72. Scottie Thomaston (intense chronic pain from spine, kidney stones)
73. paradise50 (throat cancer)
74. woodtick (caregiver to mother with Alzheimer's)
75. BeninSC (mulitple fractures from bicycle accident)
76. Adrian (colon cancer)
77. Smoh (breast cancer, stroke, depression)
78. slksfca (sudden onset of arthritis requiring hip replacement)
79. arizonablue (grief and exhaustion)
80. Lorikeet (grieving widow - this quilt was a gift from the Rescue Rangers)
81. remembrance (breast cancer) and Glen the Plumber (her caregiver)
82. MassHarry (colon cancer)
83. Regina in a Sears Kit House (severe immune problems from Lyme Disease)
84. nannyboz (grief for father, crippling back pain requiring surgery)
85. raina (grief)
86. earicicle (breast cancer)
87. AntKat (cancers of the throat, RIP)
88. Alma (breast cancer)
89. DarkHawk98 (lung cancer)
90. llbear (brittle diabetic)
91. michelewin (grief and trauma)
92. Dave in Northridge (grieving widower)
93. racheltracks (complications from knee surgery)
94. Ebby (grief and stress)
95. Leaves on the Current (cancer)
96. Carol in San Antonio (cancer)
97. commonmass (grieving widower)
98. Clytemnestra (DES daughter, debilitating abdominal pain and bleeding)
99. Oke (survived life threatening pulmonary infection, COPD, depression)
100. shanikka (diverticulitis, intestinal abscess and life threatening infection)
101. Serpents Choice (grief)
102. smarx (caregiver to mother who has dementia)
103. FloridaSNMOM (COPD, chronic pain, anxiety over access to health care)
104. Timaeus (enormous hernia requiring major surgery)
105. paradox (cyclic vomiting syndrome, PTSD, depression)
106. UnaSpenser (Lyme Disease)
107. LoreleiHI (reversals of fortune, homelessness, hearing loss, PTSD)
See also these three posts about the community quilt project:
KosAbility: A Virtual Quilt for Sara and Ann, from Community Quilt recipients
We Have Something to Say to YOU, Sara R and winglion!
Community Quilt FlashMob Brightens up NN13
UnaSpenser's quilt, detail
We are also continuing to collect messages for namvetkato (Vetwife's husband who is experiencing a sharp decline in health in the last month or so). Look for a diary for his quilt tomorrow evening.
These quilts are planned:
MA Liberal (caretaker to her mother who has dementia)
Ellinorianne (rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia)
MsGrin (life long heart problems requiring multiple surgeries)
FloridaSNMOM's quilt
PAYPAL LINK FOR ANNALIZE5'S QUILT - THANK YOU!
Boots says, "Thank you for supporting community quilts!"
Namaste.