Originally Posted by
cindyb
Within our Guild we have a group that gets together and they have made hundreds of QOV of which are shipped to a distribution center. They have to also pay dues and pay for the shipping. The costs for doing this is actually expensive, but the ladies all pitch in from their own pockets to make the cost lighter.
We have lots of local veterans, Legions and various festivals that honor veterans. My question is: Is 'Quilts of Valor' a trademarked name or can it be used by any one for these local purposes?
I think QOV has become something akin to calling all facial tissues "Kleenex". Locally, our quilters often refer to them as "Patriotic Quilts". At the beginning of our projects, we looked into the QOV rules and decided that was not for us, but we could not prevent the participants from calling them "Quilts of Valor".