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butterflyquilter , 09-05-2010 01:18 PM
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Welcome from Illinois.
#35
StitchinJoy , 09-05-2010 04:46 PM
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Hi Lena, welcome to the boards. I'm just north of you in southeastern PA.Originally Posted by Lena1952
Hello Everyone, Actively involved with Quilts of Valor, I am always working on my next quilt to be given away. I have the dream job of working at Serendipity Quilt Shop in Dagsboro, DE. If you are visiting our area stop by and say hello. Married, with 4 sons and 5 foreign exchange daughters (3 Japan, 1 Thailand, 1 Russia), and grand mom to 3. Nice to meet all of you fellow quilters.
You sound like a busy gal! I'm so happy to hear about your involvement with Quilts of Valor. I'm passionate about Quilts of Valor also. I'm a longarmer, and I love doing these quilts for the soldiers.
I read that there are 34,000 American soldiers wounded from the wars Iraq and Afghanistan. The Quilts of Valor website states that 31,082 quilts have been awarded so far. There are 4,000 soldiers with Purple Hearts and without quilts! If anyone else is interested in helping, please check it out at www.qovf.org.
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Our smallgroup of quilters do quilts for Kid comforts they send us 8 family pictures some of the pictures are from Iraq and we send them back to the families all over the U.S. we were told we have gone over 150quilts. So I know how much you enjoy doing them.