QOV #1

QOV = Quilts of Valor

I met a woman online named Alycia. She started her own Quilts of Valor program out in Colorado with the fifth graders at her sons' school. They work on different blocks together. Sometimes high school students help out. And they make several quilts each year. The quilts are donated to wounded soldiers at the base near them. Anyway, the chaplain at the base expressed a need for more quilts...way more quilts....and Alycia put out the call for quilts on an internet quilt group. She got more than she hoped for! In 2009, she has already received more than 700 quilts! Most have been delivered, I believe.

Ok, so how does that tie into to me? Well, on the Fourth of July, 2008, I spent the day cutting up fabric for Quilts of Valor. Almost all of my reds and blues. A lot of tan and white. And then I found a bunch of state flower fabrics left over from a project several years ago. Added the white and a few other fabrics and actually had enough for two throw size quilts. Not all QOVs have to be in patriotic colors....right? Maybe some female soldier would like a flower quilt.

Anyway, I finally got one top quilted over Memorial weekend!



Now I only have six (?) more to go!!!! A friend from quilt guild, Sharon, has been piecing the blue, red, and tan tops. She pieces much faster than I quilt :-0

Better get busy. Thanx for stopping by.