Did anyone else see this on CNN?
#35
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Central PA
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I've been making Quilts of Valor for 2 1/2 years - 118 quilts to date. Orignially, the mission statement read "for the wounded warriors", but was recently changed to include "all those touched by war." I wish more quilters would get involved. If every quilter would make just one . . . .
Suzanne
Suzanne
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Originally Posted by LisaT
Gives me a really good feeling to know that there are so many people caring for our wounded GIs.
Thanks ladies........
MJ
#37
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,184
Ok, I'm going to try this again, lost my link...anyway,
There are 2 ladies here in Colorado that are getting hundreds of quilts made and quilted for soldiers. One is Alicia Carmen, Quilts of Valor. She is a 5th grade teacher that got her class, then the local high school, parents, the town and so many more involved helping make quilts for the soldiers at Ft Carson Colorado. Hope you check out her blog....I couldn't find the website. She is very nice and humble about all her work on this project. http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/
The other lady is Juliette Madsen. She was a soldier that was wounded in Iraq. She started a project making quilts, then had an auction. The $$ raised was for the Veterans Wheelchair Games that will be held in Denver July 4-9 2010. The actual quilts were given to vetrans at the VA hospital. I don't have her www, but can get it if anyone wants to read her story.
There are 2 ladies here in Colorado that are getting hundreds of quilts made and quilted for soldiers. One is Alicia Carmen, Quilts of Valor. She is a 5th grade teacher that got her class, then the local high school, parents, the town and so many more involved helping make quilts for the soldiers at Ft Carson Colorado. Hope you check out her blog....I couldn't find the website. She is very nice and humble about all her work on this project. http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/
The other lady is Juliette Madsen. She was a soldier that was wounded in Iraq. She started a project making quilts, then had an auction. The $$ raised was for the Veterans Wheelchair Games that will be held in Denver July 4-9 2010. The actual quilts were given to vetrans at the VA hospital. I don't have her www, but can get it if anyone wants to read her story.
#38
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,184
Originally Posted by emmy
Thank you for the link and all the quilters who do this. As an aside, I loved her sewing room. Does anyone know anything about the iron she was using?
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen
#39
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Plainville, MA
Posts: 114
Soldier's Angels is another group that give handmade quilts to service men and women but to those in combat. I managed to get one made for that group this year. Hope to make a few more in between those I make for family and Project Linus.
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