Originally Posted by Chris Mac
I have a nephew just joining up in the Army,are they allowed to have quilts in basic training? I'd love to make him one while he's in. He just signed up for 4 years. Chris
Chris,
I doubt he can have the quilt during basic training. I would suggest that you make the quilt and the right time to send it to him will present itself eventually.
My son has been in the AF now for 14 years and his last deployment was to Afghanistan in the winter, and that certainly called for a quilt! I had made two others for him, but it was too hot in Iraq to make use of them, so they were stored and not used while he was there.
One thing I would like to point out that a soldier told me not too long ago, is to never make a quilt that looks like an American Flag, because they don't want a coffin flag on their beds.
Diane