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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Amelia Hill

‘A beautiful display of love’: company launches DIY funeral shroud cover kit

Yuli Sømme holds a rolled-up shroud as she stands under a tree's branches
Yuli Sømme with a rolled-up shroud ready to be decorated. ‘It cuts across a lot of taboos but I think it’s more beneficial if people make the covers themselves,’ she says. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The Guardian

In the days leading up to his wife Claire’s death, Andrew Kent sat with her and talked about fabric leaves. She wanted them in different shades – greens, browns and golds, the colours she saw on walks.

Later, after she died, each of her three children would take one home. The others would be stitched to the wool cover Andrew was designing for his wife’s funeral shroud – the soft wrap she had chosen instead of a coffin.

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