Eddie Landreth

Eddie Landreth

Sunday, September 30, 2012

The Comfort of Psalms

A co-worker (Debbie) has a daughter, Jessica, who has been having some major health issues with a congenital heart condition that has led to stage D heart failure, and now has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer as well.  Jessica is in her 20s and was married just a couple of years ago to Shawn, and they have a beautiful little daughter, Aidan, who was born quite premature at less than 2 lbs.  Jessica's story is a compelling one, she has endured so much through her young life, so I decided to make her a quilt that's just for her and will hopefully comfort her while she's going through all the tough times.  I made it with 3 stars in it, to represent Jessica, Shane, and Aidan, and placed a Psalms scripture verse inside each one of them, and then surrounded them with Psalms scripture verses as well.  I gave it to Debbie for Jessica last week at work and she cried, of course.  It truly was a labor of love to make, and is quite worth the effort.  I hope Jessica likes it as well, and draws strength and comfort from the scriptures on it.




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5 comments:

  1. NancySeptember 30, 2012 at 5:13 PM

    Such a touching story and beautiful quilt Eddie. Am sure she will enjoy every moment of warmth and comfort she can with it.
    My compliments on the colors too.
    May I ask what pattern you used, or is it your own design?

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  2. SueSeptember 30, 2012 at 6:45 PM

    Eddie, the quilt is beautiful, and you put so much love into it! What a wonderful way to comfort this young family...and to demonstrate God's love. :)

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  3. AnonymousOctober 1, 2012 at 8:09 AM

    This is lovely on so many levels. Thank you for sharing this on your blog. I really like this use for the Scripture panels, also.

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  4. EddieOctober 1, 2012 at 2:23 PM

    Thank you all. :) Nancy - the pattern is one that I just made up using a layer cake of Fig Tree Quilts' "Fig & Plum" line of fabrics. I really like the line, very soothing colors.

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  5. driftwoodthimble.comNovember 14, 2012 at 12:15 PM

    This is beautiful! I am about to start a quilt for a lady in our church who is fighting breast cancer for the second time and was looking for inspiration. You have inspired me completely - thank you! Dee x

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