[Quilter's Daily Deal] A Quilt for the Mothers

Check Today's Daily Deal From Missouri Star Quilt Company! [My Account]( [Contact Us]( [A Quilt for the Mothers]( [A Quilt for the Mothers]( Today's deal is our featured Kaffe Collective Spring 2017 - Shade 10" Squares by Kaffe Fassett for Free Spirit Fabrics for just $21.95! That's 44% off! Just [$21.95]( Other Guys price: $39.00 Each Kaffe Collective Spring 2017 - Shade 10” Squares contains 42 10" squares of fabric. Some prints are duplicated. These wild and fearless prints would be awesome in a [Grand Adventures Quilt](. You’ll need: [Grand Adventure]( - Today’s Deal - [1 Pack of 10" Squares (Solid)]( - ¾ yards of [Inner Border (Solid)]( - 1 ¾ yards of [Outer Border]( - 3 yards of [Backing (108"wide)]( or 8 yards of [standard width]( fabric As Mother’s Day approaches this weekend, I know it can be a bittersweet holiday for many who have experienced loss or disappointment. Today’s Stitched Together Story is one woman’s experience of using quilting to finally process the loss of her mother, and celebrate the love of the women who have mothered her. A big thank you to Julie Glenn for sharing. “On Friday March 2, 1973 my mom dropped my older sister and me off at school and about ten minutes later she was in a horrific car accident with my three younger siblings. I found out about the accident on my walk home from school. “My youngest sister, who was two, came through the accident without a scratch on her. My brother and middle sister, who were three and five, had many broken bones and were in body casts and traction for weeks after the accident. My mom had massive head and internal injuries. They tried to operate on her, but she ended up on life support with no brain activity. After two days, my dad had them shut off the machines. So on Sunday March 4, 1973, my mom, who was only twenty-three days away from turning thirty, died from her injuries. I was seven years old. “Losing your mom is a pain that cannot be described in words. It is nearly impossible to move on from the memory of the moment of finding out that your mother is gone and you will never again see her face. A mother’s love is irreplaceable. That is a fact that I was not aware of when I was seven years old, because I spent the next thirty-eight years trying in vain to find someone to replace her. Obviously my quest ended in disaster over and over and over again. During twelve of those thirty-eight years, I spent countless hours in the offices of two different therapists. After many tears, a lot of frustration, and days when I did not even want to get out of bed, I finally learned life’s biggest lesson: It is impossible to change another person into being what you want them to be. “For years I had been praying and crying out to God for help. ‘Please God, please tell me what I’m doing wrong. I don’t understand why I can’t get past that one moment in time.’ But I never seemed to hear that still, small voice. Until early one morning in June of 2011 when I woke up with an epiphany. I came to the realization that I had all of these amazing women in my life and they were all special to me in different ways. It was in that moment that I heard God rejoicing. He was shouting ‘YES!!! You finally get it! I know that I took your mom, but look who I replaced her with. Not one woman, but many.’ “I knew this moment was huge and that I had to do something to honor all of these women. I got the idea to make a quilt and have each square dedicated to one of the women. I took this idea and ran it past my mother-in-law, Peg, who had been quilting for years. I asked her if she would be willing to teach me how to sew and make this quilt. She was thrilled. She had been trying to get me interested in quilting for years and I always said no. “The first thing she said was that we needed a theme for the quilt. Because all of us are from Michigan, most of these women (including me) seemed to have an affinity for lighthouses, so that is the theme we went with. We found a lady online who makes quilt patterns out of Michigan lighthouses and I sent a message to all the women I wanted to include in the quilt and asked them to pick out their favorite lighthouse from the list of patterns. Once I had heard back from everyone, I ordered the fourteen lighthouse patterns along with the State of Michigan and started picking out fabric. “I started working on the first lighthouse in August 2011 and while I was putting each square together, I would pray for the woman I was making it for. The healing that came from putting this quilt together was profound, but the hardest and most healing part of the entire quilt was writing a dedication that I printed on fabric and attached to the back of the quilt. The dedication page names the lighthouse, the woman it's dedicated to, and some of the reasons she is special to me. I didn’t start working on the dedication until I was a few months into working on the quilt and it was tough. Every time I sat down at my computer to write it out, I would cry and I would cry and then I would cry some more. It took me weeks to finish it, but by the time I had, I realized what a huge transformation had occurred inside of me. It’s as if while piecing together this quilt, I was actually piecing my heart and soul back together. “I finished the quilt in May of 2012 and it is now hanging in my office at work where many people can see it and hear the story of my very first quilt. Of course that quilt was only the beginning. As of today, I've made over forty quilts. I've made a few for charity auctions, but most of them go to people I love.” [Stitched Together Quilt] The only thing I love more than quilting fabric is quilting stories. Got a good one? Send me yours at stories@missouriquiltco.com. We publish a great quilting story every week in our series Stitched Together - Stories for the Quilter’s Soul. If you enjoy our weekly Stitched Together feature, you’ll love our books, [Stitched Together Volume 1]( [Volume 2]( and now [Volume 3]( Along with the stories you’ve enjoyed all year, they’re also filled with pictures of the quilts and quilters who made them. So, in summary, the deal for today is a Kaffe Collective Spring 2017 - Shade 10" Squares for only $21.95 - that's 44% OFF! Remember, we offer $5 flat shipping in the US (free for orders over $100), and great discounts for our international customers. Limit of 1 per customer at this "Daily Deal" price (additional will be added to your cart at the regular price of $34.95). Happy quilting! Good News! If you are logged in when you buy this deal, you will receive 1% back in Quilter's Cash. Any other products you add to your cart will get you 3% back in Quilter's Cash (and maybe more if they have bonus points!) Daily Specials You can add as many of these to your cart as you'd like. [Neighborhood 2.5" Strips]( by [Alyson Beaton]( for Windham Fabrics 31% off, today only! [$26.95]( (normally $39.00) [Manderley Layer Cake]( by [Franny and Jane]( for Moda Fabrics 30% off, today only! [$27.45]( (normally $39.00) Weekly Specials Sales run from Sunday to Saturday each week. [True Blue 10" Squares]( by [Timeless Treasures]( for Timeless Treasures Only [$26.95]( That's 31% off! (normally $39.00) [Dots & Stripes Pixie Strips]( by [RJR Fabrics]( for RJR Fabrics Only [$27.45]( That's 30% off! 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