![]() ![]() The sisters also need more seamstresses to handle the massive number of wedding dresses they receive. The ultimate goal is to have enough gowns on hand to be able to leave bundles of burial gowns at local hospitals. This is such a hard thing to go through and then to feel isolated on top of it. “It’s very taboo, and I’m trying to change that and my sisters are trying to change it with me,” Yeafoli added. ![]() I felt very alone, so I just started talking about it to everyone,” she said. After experiencing a miscarriage last year, Rock said she also felt isolated. She noticed that many of the mothers feel lonely after having a miscarriage or a stillbirth. I love that they are acknowledging that she was here.” “I know a lot of people hesitate to use baby’s names when they pass,” she said. Those who live too far away will receive an overnight package with a gown along with a personalized message from Yeafoli. So far about 50 gowns have been sewn and 30 have been delivered. Rock and Yeafoli help cut the dresses and hand-deliver the gowns to mothers who are near where each sister lives in Lehi, Saratoga Springs or Las Vegas. “The part that means the most to me are the people who are willing to give up something that means so much to them to help someone who’s hurting,” she said. Since Lindquist is the only sister proficient at sewing, she gathers the wedding dresses and creates the baby gowns using a simple pattern. ![]() Each gown also ties in the back so the fabric doesn’t need to be pulled over a baby’s head. The girl gowns are often embellished with beads or lace while the boy gowns have buttons or ruffles. The gowns are available in preemie, small, medium and large sizes for both girls and boys. One wedding dress can make more than three dozen baby gowns. “No one wants to be searching for a burial dress.” “It’s heartbreakingly tiny how small these dresses are,” Yeafoli said. After the delivery, the hospital gave her a plain white gown for the baby. She was five months pregnant when she lost her expectant daughter, Harper, in 2014. “I knew that we could handle it between the three of us.” “I thought about all these people who needed these gowns, and there is no one there to supply them, and that broke my heart,” Yeafoli added. “You can’t find dresses in the sizes of a 20-week baby,” Lindquist said. The three sisters chatted and laughed as they gathered together in Lehi on Wednesday to work on a project that is both heartrending and heartwarming - sewing baby burial gowns from wedding dresses.įive years ago, the sisters created Heaven Bound Burial Gowns, an organization that donates homemade burial gowns to mothers who lost a child through stillbirth. “I get excited about the really pretty ones because I think ooh, what could I make with this?” Lindquist said, as she sat at her sewing machine. Let’s do this,” Eliza Yeafoli said, picking up a pair of scissors. “It’s sometimes hard to cut up really pretty dresses.” “This dress is so pretty,” said Audrey Rock, as she ran her hands over the fabric. Piled high on the kitchen table in Jessica Lindquist’s house are stacks of white wedding dresses embellished with ruffles, lace, sequins, beads and layers of tulle and trains. “Utah Valley’s Everyday Heroes” celebrates these unsung community members and brings to light their quiet contributions. Many people go about doing good deeds in their families, neighborhoods, organizations and church congregations. ![]()
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