This quilt was made at the start of a two year project making quilts for Alzheimer Scotland. This was my original interpretation of what Alzheimer's is. Other quilts tell the stories of those with Alzheimer's and the stories of their families. Some are comfort quilts, others are wallhangings and some are 'Myndin Quilts' which are basically memory triggers.
The journey taken by those with Alzheimer's is represented by one dark square in the first nine-patch quilt block, two in the second and so on until all of the last block is dark.

However, the last nine-patch also has a beaded heart (representing love) which remains throughout, along with a batch of forget-me-nots as memories also remain.