Margaret Hubl passed away last July in Nebraska at the age of 89, but it’s safe to say her legacy will continue to live on.
You see, Hubl was a quilter. While some people make quilts as an afternoon pastime, she made them to communicate her love for her family.
This was very clear at her funeral, when her children and grandchildren decided to drape all of the quilts that she had made over the backs of the pews.
Hubl’s quilts were draped over each pew at her church to honor her memory. Courtesy of Christina Tollman
“Never did I imagine how many there were,” Hubl’s granddaughter, Christina Tollman, told TODAY. “We covered almost every single pew in that church. I never knew how many she actually made.”
And while the quilts are special, the meaning behind them really takes the cake.
Hubl spent her life caring for her family. She had three children of her own, and then took in her sister-in-law’s twins after a tragic accident. Hubl and her husband, Henry, raised all five children in a small three-bedroom home on their farm.
Hubl initially started sewing in order to make clothes for her children, but as they grew up and had kids of their own, she had to make those kids something as well.
That’s where the quilts come in. She started making them for each grandchild as they graduated from high school.
Some members of Hubl’s family saw their quilt for the first time at her funeral. Courtesy of Christina Tollman
“She wanted us to have something to wrap up and keep warm in when we went away to school,” said Tollman.
Hubl really thought about each person who would be receiving the quilts, too.
Read more about how she made each quilt special for her recipients on TODAY.