Quilting Helps Us Through Grief Stricken Times
Throughout the ages, needlework has sustained women (and sometimes men) as they work their way through grief…loss of a person close to them, a pet, a job, a home, or relocation to an area where they know no one. (At a grief seminar, I learned there are many types of grief, other than that of losing a person in our life.)
Needlework also has comforted women during war time, as they made quilts and other items (nowadays even fabric postcards) for those far from home on the battlefront.
I recently discovered a site, Real Women Quilt, with a page, Quilting through Grief, where quilters relate how their needlework has helped them through tough times. Also, quilting may be something they did with or for the loved one who passed away. Even though the memories of these quilting times are bittersweet, they’re memories that sustain them.
Quilting and fabric art also can get us through stressful times. My daughter’s intense interest in quiltmaking, evolving into art quilts, began when her husband was going through a bout with cancer. She could take along small quilting projects to work on during those long hospital waits or during visiting time. Quilt art has become her solace during stressful and non-stressful times.
What about you?
This is the latest book my daughter has obtained to help her design and create art quilts.
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