ScrapQuilter

No I didn't - but found it very interesting.
Thanks for sharing.

MollieSue

Thanks so much for sharing that! It made me cry, was so heartwarming!
:)

brushandthimble

I tought a class for Project Linus, and the coordinator also collects red, white and blue childrens quilts that are given to injured soldiers on their return for them (the soliders) to give to their children.

Mom of two soldiers.

sew4fun

Thanks for sharing, have tears in my eyes as I write this. Our quilt guild has previously participated in the Quilts of Valor program.

PineyRiverQuilter

Our quilt guild had been making "soldier quilts" for the past 3 years. We've delivered them to the San Antonio, TX military hospital there, and recently to Ft. Leonard Wood hospital here in Missouri. We also make baby quilts that the soldiers can share with their new little ones. It's a feel good project and let's them all know that they are loved and prayed over daily. We have a specified size to make and also the quilts have to be machine quilted. Our guild treasury helps with the cost of the quilting.

mbmquilts

Yes I live in Maryland and several of the Quilt Guilds I belong to makes these quilts and takes them off to Walter Reed Hospital. It makes you feel so good inside helping someone in need to lift their spirits:)

Mrs. Davis

This is so special to someone, glad someone thought of this. Gives me an ideal

Charity Quilter

Thanks Lisa for sharing this. How wonderful of these ladies. Did she say they've made 9,000 quilts for injured soldiers? WOW!

Ragann63

This is actually how I got into quilting as an adult! (I used to help my great- and grandmothers.) My girl scout troop (four girls) handpieced a double size quilt for a local soldier's widow. We machine stitched a smaller one for his two year old son. After the top was done, we road tripped to my mother's and used her quilt machine to put it together. Then we spent an afternoon with his family. The girls learned a lot more than stitching from that project.

bstanbro

Really nice. I've only been quilting for a year and a half, but I love it so much that I can't seem to get enough. I'm thinking of joining a group next month and they do charity quilting once per month. I'm told to bring my sewing machine and basic sewing supplies and they will supply the rest. It sounds like a wonderful thing to do, a good way to meet people, and a way to feed my quilting habit without going broke. I'm looking forward to it.