Someone mentioned doing one of these and I knew that I had to drop everything and do one for my dad. He will love it.
Ok, so I figure I need to get the gold sleeve rank insignia. He retired as an E-8 but worked as an E-9 at his last station so I figure I'll need all of the insignia.
Then Pictures of each of the ships he was stationed on. Does anyone know where I might find those on the internet?
Then there are all his medals. How would you incorporate those into the quilt?
The quilting could be the pacific islands, eastern asia and the west coast since those were most of his duty stations. Maybe a "window" for Rhode Island since I know he was there for a short time.
And should I add the campaigns he was involved in? I know he entered service during the Korean Conflict and retired during the Vietnam War.
Then how do I lay it all out? I want something really terrific for him.