help with soldier quilt
#1
hi ladies. first of i just want to state that this is not a plea for donations at all.
we are a military family ( airforce) and my husband just got orders today to go overseas. i cant say where but he will be seperated from us for 6 months and in harms way :( . i want to make him the welcome home solider quilt i saw here a few weeks ago for when he returns. where can i find the pattern and also is it possible for me to use my stash as my shopping trips to the lqs will be very limeted while he is away. we have 6 young children 2 year old twins are our babies and i wont take them all to the lqs i dont llike to torture myself like that haha. thanks in advance ladies
we are a military family ( airforce) and my husband just got orders today to go overseas. i cant say where but he will be seperated from us for 6 months and in harms way :( . i want to make him the welcome home solider quilt i saw here a few weeks ago for when he returns. where can i find the pattern and also is it possible for me to use my stash as my shopping trips to the lqs will be very limeted while he is away. we have 6 young children 2 year old twins are our babies and i wont take them all to the lqs i dont llike to torture myself like that haha. thanks in advance ladies
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I thank your husband for serving his country and keeping us safe.
I don't know what the pattern is that you saw, but I think that it would be wonderful for you to use your stash for a welcome home soldier quilt. It would be especially meaningful because it is YOUR fabric. If you do have to get new fabric, how about online? You can do that when the kids are asleep.
(I hope you have some help with the 6 kids while your hubby is away.)
I don't know what the pattern is that you saw, but I think that it would be wonderful for you to use your stash for a welcome home soldier quilt. It would be especially meaningful because it is YOUR fabric. If you do have to get new fabric, how about online? You can do that when the kids are asleep.
(I hope you have some help with the 6 kids while your hubby is away.)
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Originally Posted by tealfalcon
where can i find the pattern and also is it possible for me to use my stash as my shopping trips to the lqs will be very limeted while he is away. we have 6 young children
#5
Originally Posted by tomilu
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Retired USAF here. I thank you and your husband for your service. I think a picture quilt would be nice. Some pictures of the kids, you and things he will not see while he is gone. Print the pictures on fabric and make a quilt. Just a thought.
#7
Originally Posted by QuilterGary
Retired USAF here. I thank you and your husband for your service. I think a picture quilt would be nice. Some pictures of the kids, you and things he will not see while he is gone. Print the pictures on fabric and make a quilt. Just a thought.
#8
Our son is going to be deployed June 1. He has 2 3/4 little girls (one is still cooking).
I plan to make an "I spy" quilt for them. I thought at first I could do 2 (one for him & one for the girls) but realized it would be too hard. I plan to make one and then take pictures of it, laminate the pictures and send that to him so he can "play" with them online with the web cam when he gets the chance. Just an idea to bring the kids into the conversation if you have that ability so it's not just "dead air" when they talk.
Thank him and YOU for all you do. I know how hard it is on families during a deployment.
I plan to make an "I spy" quilt for them. I thought at first I could do 2 (one for him & one for the girls) but realized it would be too hard. I plan to make one and then take pictures of it, laminate the pictures and send that to him so he can "play" with them online with the web cam when he gets the chance. Just an idea to bring the kids into the conversation if you have that ability so it's not just "dead air" when they talk.
Thank him and YOU for all you do. I know how hard it is on families during a deployment.
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