andsarahtoo’s quilt, “Songbirds for Sarah”
Kossack luvsathoroughbred has recently been diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer. The good news is that it has not spread far and she is beginning chemo treatment. Said treatment is going to be intense, unpleasant, and a challenge to her stamina. A “love catcher” quilt has been requested for luvsathoroughbred so that she can keep her friends’ good wishes and love with her as she kicks this disease. Let's help her keep her spirits up!
What is a love catcher? It is a quilt that incorporates messages of love and support written on archival ink on muslin. Provide a message for luvsathoroughbred below and I will write it out, heat set the ink for permanence, and combine it with fabrics meaningful for our friend into a warm, soft, and personal blanket – sort of like a group greeting card only a lot more snuggly.
the backing of andsarahtoo’s quilt
If you would like also to contribute to the cost of this quilt, please use this PayPal link – or email me for a snail mail address to send a check. I figure the cost at $4/message for simple, charm quilts and $5/message for the more complex, pieced ones (such as andsarahtoo’s pictured above). From all indications, this is going to be a larger and more complicated quilt of the $5/message variety. Contributions cover the cost of materials and a bit of our time. There is a minimum of forty-four messages.
card for andsarahtoo, provided by BlueHeron
Here is the list of quilts completed to date:
othniel (cellulitis and ensuing complications)
exmearden (cancer of heart and lung)
MsSpentyouth (brain tumor)
Moe99 (lung cancer)
Michelle Caudle (ovarian cancer)
BFSkinner (lupus)
Kitsap River (waiting for kidney donor)
Frederick Clarkson (blood clots)
Dreaming of Better Days (lymphoma)
one bite at a time (lost house and belongings to fire)
Timroff (cellulitis)
Sol Fed Joe (multiple cancers and health problems)
Brubs (AIDS, immune reconstitution syndrome)
rserven (gall bladder infection with dangerous complications)
grndrush (brain tumor)
ImpeachKingBushII (needs liver transplant)
andsarahtoo (lupus)
Frank Cocozzelli's quilt will be done tonight (he has muscular dystrophy).
We are beginning work on Predictor’s quilt (he has HIV and has suffered a stroke) and are still collecting messages for austex54 (caretaker to othniel) – click here to leave a message for austex54.
Frank Cocozzelli’s quilt top
Future quilts are planned for:
Charles CurtisStanley (caretaker to Kitsap River)
MA Liberal (caretaker to her mother who has dementia)
dadanation (AIDS)
Louisiana1976 (fibromyalgia, severe arthritis, depression)
ramara (cancer survivor)
FLRealist (recovering from a kidney transplant)
Namaste