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Make a Panel for the Eating
Disorders Memorial Quilt
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The EDC's memorial quilts
raise awareness in Washington.
Eating Disorders
Memorial Quilt
The quilt is dedicated to the memory of all people who have died from an eating
disorder. The quilt is displayed at EDC events annual meetings, press
conferences, and congressional briefings.
Eating Disorders & Suicide
Memorial Quilt
The
eating disorder and suicide
quilt, in cooperation with the Lifekeeper Foundation, remembers people
with eating disorders who died from suicide. In addition to EDC events,
this quilt is displayed in Washington at the National Suicide Awareness
Event sponsored by the
Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN).
There is no
charge for adding a block to either quilt, though donations are welcome.
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Instructions
for Eating Disorders Memorial Quilt Panels
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Base
fabric should be white, preferably cotton. Kona cotton, available in most
fabrics stores, is a good weight.
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Start
with a 16"x16" square and allow at least one inch of room for seams on all
sides (finished blocks will be 14"x14").
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Be
creative! Blocks might include a name, photographs, birth and death dates,
quotations, and symbols of a favorite hobby or activity.
Craft stores carry sew-on and iron-on
appliqués with a variety of designs, including letters.
Fabric paint and markers are another easy way
to add color and artwork.
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Text and
photographs are fairly easy to transfer onto fabric. Many office supply
stores as well as craft and fabric stores carry special paper for this
purpose. Use your computer to print the images onto the paper and then
iron onto your fabric (follow instructions in the package). If you do not
have a digital image, many copy shops can scan photographs for you.
IMPORTANT: Remember that you will need to
print the images (and especially text) in mirror image onto the transfer
paper so it will come out right on the fabric.
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Please do
NOT fold your block once it is finished, because the creases may damage
your transfer images. The best way to mail it to us is to wrap
around an empty paper towel roll and then insert into a poster mailing
tube.
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Finally,
tell us about the person on the panel. Include a letter or send us an
e-mail message, describing the person's life, aspirations, or struggles.
Perhaps include information about your relationship to the person on the
panel. Information you provide with the panel may be included on the EDC
Web site or in printed articles about the quilt panel.
Mail your completed panel to:
Eating Disorders Coalition
720 7th St NW Ste 300
Washington, DC 20001-3902
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