This quilt is very special to me ❤️
“Life On Hold”
It took me about three weeks to make, I finished on the 19 December 2005, just the last night before the departure of my beloved husband Khaled ❤️
During my work on this quilt, Khaled was in hospital in a coma and it’s during those two agonizing weeks that quilt was embroidered
I gave it the name ‘Life on Hold’ reflecting Life in Exile for a Palestinian. Moreover, during this work my life was literally on hold, for the entire two weeks period of Khaled being in coma 💔
I started making it just days before Khaled went to hospital, he offered to help, even though he never embroidered or even stitched anything before ❤️ He did try, bless his soul ❤️ and he managed a few stitches, and that is the more reason I love and cherish this quilt.
He left me part of him in there ❤️
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Poetry for Palestine 
I am so sorry for your loss. The quilt is a beauty, and I’m sure you will treasure it for the rest of your life. Khaled would have been proud. ❤
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