Need advice on in memorium giving page and ready made quilting squares that can be written on to make a quilt for a friend who has lost her husband very suddenly and unexpectedly

[MeTigger]

My friend has just lost her husband very suddenly and very unexpectedly- he was just 46.

He was very well thought of within our community, and we anticipate a big attendance at his service.

We wanted to set up a page where friends and colleagues could donate in lieu of flowers - can anyone recommend one?

Also, we were thinking of capturing everyone’s favourite memories of him at the service by asking everyone who attends to write their memories on a pre-cut quilt square. We could then sew these to make a quilt each for his wife, his son and his daughter.

I’ve googled but the choice is overwhelming and this is definitely not my area of expertise. I wondered if you kind folks would be able to recommend a good site and plain pre-cut quilting squares in ‘man’ colours that could be written on with a sharpie?

Many thanks

What a lovely idea. I'd try eBay for the pre cut squares, I end up getting most of my fabric from there.

Other thing I'd suggest is getting actual fabric markers, the ones you have to iron to fix the ink. Yes, it's another step but they last much better than Sharpies which in my experience fade quite quickly on fabric, especially if the quilt needs a wash.

I've used the dylon fabric pens, the fine nib ones are nice to write with.

Try muchloved.com

Not used it myself but received a tribute to someone via this the other day for donations

A charm pack would give squares of different colours, though maybe if you were thinking of people writing more than a very few words you'd be better getting plain fabric, cutting it to the size of the quilt and then attaching it to a table. These could then be the back of the quilts and would give people more room to write

If people are writing on individual squares, you need to make sure they leave a generous seam allowance, or the text will be unreadable once the pieces are sewn together. In my experience, just telling them won’t be enough (particularly at a funeral where people are understandably upset/concentrating on other things).
I think CMOT’s idea of writing on larger pieces for the quilt backs is more likely to be successful.

Thank you so much, we’re very grateful for the suggestions