Woodtick's quilt, showing the backing
Relapsing, (please call him Adrian in your quilt messages), is a 41 year old father of two young children who is battling colon cancer. He wants to be there for his kids as they grow up. But he is also battling fears that he might not be there because of this horrible disease.
paradise50's quilt
We're making a community quilt for Adrian to help support him in his fight. Filled with loving messages from you, it will be something he can hang on to and know that people care about him and his survival. Leave a message in the comments below and I will transcribe it in archival ink on muslin and my sister and I will sew it into his quilt. The love you send this way will never wash out...I promise.
Goldie inspects Scottie Thomaston's quilt
It takes time and material to make a love catcher quilt. If you can donate toward its making, we would be so appreciative. $10 per message is suggested. But please know that it is not necessary to donate to leave a message. Here is a PayPal link -- or message me for an address if you prefer to send a check.
cany's quilt
We have 29 messages so far but need at least 44. These people have already left messages:
1. Nurse Kelley ♥
2. JekyllnHyde
3. Ann R (winglion)
4. ZenTrainer
5. mommyof3
6. Broths
7. murasaki
8. escapee
9. Side pocket
10. Blue jersey mom
11. triciawyse
12. 2thanks
13. Leu2500
14. Progress not perfection
15. Louisiana 1976
16. Smileycreek and paradise50
17. Cfk in the Thumb of Michigan
18. Mimi
19. Carol in San Antonio
20. Parthenia
21. NormAl1792
22. Ooooh
23. DrLori
24. Noor B
25. Ed Tracey
26. Hazey
27. BlackSheep1
28. Terri in Tokyo
29. ulookarmless
Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse's quilt, a detail
Need inspiration? Here are some of the messages for Adrian so far:
Love is a fabric that never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the waters of adversity and grief. ~ Anon. May you and your family still be warming yourselves in this quilt long after the messages fade and your health returns. Love, Nurse Kelley ♥
May this quilt make you feel the warmth of this community for many, many years. Broths
You are loved!
By your family...by your friends...
All over the world- offline and online!
mommyof3
Sending strength to you to live your life to the fullest with your family. Focus on them and their love, so that your next 20 years are as rich and deep as possible.
murasaki
This quilt has power for your recovery and demonstrates community care from all of us. side pocket
Handmade card made by state of confusion -- this one went to princesspat with her quilt
These are the community quilts that have been made to date:
othniel (cellulitis and ensuing complications)
exmearden (cancer of heart and lung, RIP)
MsSpentyouth (brain tumor)
Moe99 (lung cancer)
Michelle Caudle (ovarian cancer, RIP)
BFSkinner (lupus)
Kitsap River (long wait for kidney donor that ended 2/18/11)
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, RIP)
ImpeachKingBushII (needs liver transplant)
andsarahtoo (lupus)
Frank Cocozzelli (muscular dystrophy)
luvsathoroughbred (breast cancer)
Predictor (stroke and HIV)
Austex54 (caretaker to othniel)
Theodore Olbermann, RIP
cskendrick (antibiotic resistant infection)
Keith Olbermann (caregiver to father)
Juan (cancer)
Ana (a young horse belonging to Juan, hit by truck)
MA Liberal’s mother (Alzheimer’s)
Charles CurtisStanley (caretaker to Kitsap River)
Lorikeet (cervical cancer)
Dr. Lori (metastatic cancer)
ulookarmless (cancer, heart condition, stroke)
riverlover (caregiver to husband suffering from liver failure, now widowed)
Melody Townsel (caregiver to dying father, now deceased)
dadanation (AIDS)
Dr. William F. Harrison (leukemia, RIP)
Larry Bailey (sudden loss of partner to heart attack)
ramara (adopted son with fetal alcohol syndrome)
Noor B (herniated disk from car accident)
Louisiana 1976 (fibromyalgia, severe arthritis, depression)
stumpy (MS, stroke, RIP)
bleeding heart's niece (cancer, RIP)
escapee (failure of corneal surgery)
SarahLee (lymphoma, Lyme Disease)
Bustergirl (ovarian cancer)
mimi's niece (cancer)
ZenTrainer (breast cancer)
Miss Blue (severe injury to shoulder, anxiety over coverage for surgery)
Granny Doc (bladder cancer, RIP)
mango (heart attack)
nudger (ovarian cancer, RIP)
DaNang65 (heart condition)
Lt. Choi (exhaustion)
Nurse Kelley (spinal stenosis)
Ben Masel (lung cancer, RIP)
Otterary Scribe (caregiver, grieving grandfather, grieving widower)
Aji (autoimmune diseases incl. fibromyalgia, inflammatory arthritis, & Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus Syndrome)
JaxDem (suddenly widowed)
DavidW (AIDS and other undiagnosed illness)
Jester the Marine (facing amputation of leg)
peregrine kate (endometrial cancer)
mimi (grief due to family illnesses)
alliedoc (endometrial cancer)
labwitchy (diffuse scleroderma)
Daily Kos (celebrating community)
belinda ridgewood (sudden loss of her mother)
princesspat (blood clots, deep vein thrombosis)
Scott Olsen (severe head injury)
SensibleShoes (caring for sister with brain cancer)
Joanna (cancer)
cany (grieving caretaker of mother with dementia)
Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (breast cancer)
Scottie Thomaston (intense chronic pain from spine, kidney stones)
paradise50 (throat cancer)
woodtick (caregiver to mother with Alzheimer's)
See also these two thank you posts from multiple quilt recipients:
KosAbility: A Virtual Quilt for Sara and Ann, from Community Quilt recipients
We Have Something to Say to YOU, Sara R and winglion!
Betty inspects Sensible Shoes' quilt
BeninSC's quilt blocks are being constructed now. His quilt should be done within a week.
princesspat's quilt, detail
These quilts are planned:
MsGrin (life long heart problems requiring multiple surgeries)
llbear (brittle diabetic)
arizonablue (abiding grief for daughter)
raina (grief)
UnaSpensor (Lyme disease)
MA Liberal (caretaker to her mother who has dementia)
paradox (cyclical vomiting syndrome, PTSD, depression)
Ellinorianne (rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia)
SwedishJewish (sexually assaulted as a child)
PAYPAL FOR ADRIAN'S QUILT - THANK YOU!
Boots says, "Thank you for supporting community quilts!
Namaste.