Soldier's Quilt Finished
 

I've just completed a jelly roll quilt for a "Special Soldier". It and 2 others have been taken to dear friends of a severely wounded soldier from our area. He is currently at Walter Reed Hospital undergoing treatment. Still a long, long way to go. He has a great spirit. He will chose his favorite and the other 2 will go to others. I always quilt the words "bravery, valor, honor, courage on these quilts. I saw a wonderful panto that inspired me. Regrettably, I couldn't quilt it because it was too large for my 9". That is not a problem now, but I quilted it before I got the 15" Bailey. It's been hanging out in my quilt room waiting for me to put the binding on. I "borrowed" the binding from another quilt, thought they were the same size (that's what you get for thinking and not measuring), and found I was 1 strip short. I had 3 sides stitched by then. The binding was cut at 3" and all I had in scraps was 2 - 2 1/2" strips + a 1" strip. If I had measured, I could have trimmed it down to 2 1/2", added the other strips and it would have been fine. So I added the 1" to the 2 1/2", pressed the seam open, made sure it was going to be on the inside and voila! Done! Used YLI variegated thread (red/white/blue), Soft & Bright batting.
Dolly in MI
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So, so pretty. Who wouldn't love to get any thing like this! Good for you.

Love Love Love this quilt. and the stars on the binding are wonderful and the writing within the quilt. you did a fantastic job thank you very much for sharing.

What a wonderful quilt...some lucky soldier will be proudly sporting that soon I'm sure. Great job!!!

Love your quilt! Want to make one for my grandson serving in Afghanistan for his second tour.

My youngest son has done 3 tours. He is now in training for the Air Force's Red Horse squadron. I made him a quilt before he went the first time. Here it is.
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Beautiful quilt. Thank you for supporting our troops this way.

Those little stars are just the perfect added touch to what was already a fabulous quilt! I have 2 RWB jelly rolls that I got to make QOV's & your beautiful quilt sure does inspire me! I'm sure this will bring much comfort & many smiles to this fine young hero! You are so sweet to do this for him. I sense good karma headed your way!

So beautiful I love the stitching you did on the binding. What a great way to honor this soliders and others for their service and sacrifice they made for all of to remain free. And thank you for sharing this and God bless.

it's beautiful-God bless the soldier as he recovers and God bless you and your friends for adopting him-it will come back to you tenfold