Legacy Quilt Information

 

Donor families are invited to participate in the making of our Donor Family Quilt. Dedicated to the legacy of eye donors, each quilt square is a symbol of love and life. You are encouraged to write a story about the meaning of your quilt square and your experience as you created it.

The completed quilts and the accompanying “Letters from the Quilt” album will travel throughout Louisiana to help share the message of eye donation and the precious Gift-of-Sight.

You may either mail your quilt square to Southern Eye Bank or bring it with you to the Gift of Sight Celebration that takes place every March during Nation Eye Donor Month at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. After the ceremony, volunteers will lovingly arrange and hand-piece the squares together.

The quilt square should be 9”x 9”, with the actual design contained within an 8”x 8” space. This will leave a ½” seam allowance on each side of the square for sewing. Use fabric paints, markers, thread or any other fabric-compatible medium to design the square. The quilt square fabric and fabric mediums should be able to tolerate dry-cleaning.

If you wish, you may include the name of your loved one and dates of birth and/or death. Please do not finish the quilt square with quilting or backing materials, since our volunteers will perform this step.

For additional information about the donor family quilts please contact Joy Fragola at jfragola@southerneyebank.org or call 504-309-2804