ok, here it is. Both my brother and nephew served in Iraq (2 tours each). I , personally served in the Gulf in '91 (am a nurse). Knowing, first hand, that blankets that fit Army cots are nearly impossible to come by, I made each of them their very own "war quilts". Brother's was K.C. Chiefs on the back and patchwork patriotic fabrics on the front. Nephew's was the same patchwork on the front and the K.C Royals on the back. This would have been enough to thrill him, but at the time we lived in KC. The old (85 Royals team that won the world series that year) team were doing an autograph signing, so we took the quilt and asked them to sign it. OMG ! ! ! Nephew was, beyond words, thrilled! Both were machine quilted, by me. Neither would have passed inspection by the QP. Don't care.
I am new to my area and truly have no friends in this state, so I went to ONE guild meeting. Although I have been making quilts for more than 35 years, I don't need their intimidation and although almost everyone here (at this web site) is wonderful and amazing, ... there are a couple of the regulars here, that if they don't give their blessing on your creation, you won't get many responses to your post. Just MHO