Stillborn Beravement Quilt Group opened

count me in too please....I was one of the fortunate ones who was gifted with two healthy boys. But I know the loss that parents feel. Bless you for this.

I will try to help.

I have never lost a child, but I was a surrogate to help others become families because of infertility issues.

I was blessed with 3 children of my own and 3 surrogate babies. It was an honor to help them, and touched my family and me very deeply.

Count me in, this is our backyard and I would love to have something so close at hand to help with. I was blessed with 2 healthy boys, but my sister in law has has several miscarriages.

(((Sue))),

Don and I lost two babies before we were blessed with our Katarina, then almost lost her at one month. Those four years of trying to have Katarina were tough, a lot of people think "everyone has an easy time getting pregnant".

The timing of your project must be a Light of God, just two days ago Matt was admitted again to Emory Johns Creek as it looks like another Adrenal Gland tumor is growing which bring on Cardiac Arrest issues. Kat was with him and of course they are digesting this news because she was 6 months pregnant with Ollie in 2010 when Matt had 3 CAs. Just then one of Matt's best friends called from California to tell them that their other buddy's 8 month unborn daughter went into distress and had passed. Kat and Matt were heart broken along with us as we've known the couple for five years. Seen her belly shots on FB, the nursery photos, shower photos, the excitement of the grandparents.

Many tears have been shed, more will be shed for this little angel...

I will join your group and work up some small blankets over the next week to send your way. Send me a PM if there is any way I can help you.

Huggers, Ruby

Thanks for all the support, thus far.
Your generosity will give our Bereavement program a much needed boost in the right direction.
I was going to wait until after the first of the year to open this group up, but a couple of friends seemed anxious to get started.
No rush!
This will be an on-going project.

One of the German forums has a few ladies who make these kind of quilt memories for what they call "star children" and the request is to incorporate stars and/or angels in these quilts. For many of these quilts the name of the child is known and sometimes that is incorporated as well. I think it's a sweet (albeit sad) hug in quilt form. Whether it's a miscarriage or a non-viable birth, it must be just devastating for the parents. I'm glad there are people like you who can offer a glimmer of hope.

I will help out when I can. Wish I had more time to sew, but working 10 hours a day with a 40 minute commute on both ends leaves little time.

Can you give us some guidelines? I can't wait to get started, but I'm not sure what you want. Thanks for the opportunity to serve these grieving families...

Sandy, suggested size ranges were 18" X 18", 24" X 24", or 32" X 32". Not necessarily square, but as a reference to the approximate sizes that are needed.
Here's a very simple one I made this afternoon. As you can see, I have yet to tack down the binding...

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Thank you..... I have a lot of soft baby flannel that will be perfect.