Got some good news and now I need your help!
 

My son-in-law, who has been in the US Navy for many years, was on the Chief Petty Officer selection list pulished yesterday. This is a terrific promotion for him and I believe he will put on CPO on September 16th! That is the good news. I would like to make a quilt for him to memorialize the occasion. I am having trouble finding a US Navy quilt pattern that is not too difficult, so I could get it done in time. Do any of you have any ideas or knowledge of where I could get a pattern? I am not good at designing my own and I am not particular whether is is a free pattern or whether I have to purchase it. I would like to make the quilt in the Navy blue and gold, with red and white accents. Any input from anyone would be appreciated!:)

What an honor for him!

Does it have to have the navy emblem? If so I'm sure there is fabric out there with that on it that you could use as either focus or accent.

Either way, I would mainly let the colors speak for themselves.

Maybe try googling quilts of valor for ideas.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&g...IqSGjALtt4DICw

googled US Navy fabric

I know Walmart used to have pillow panels with Navy theme. I used the ones that are Marines and Army in donation quilts and for my son.

www.4my3boyz.com has a Navy panel and naval fabrics. All branches of the military are available.
Yes, that's a Z at the end of the name.

Here is a pattern I designed to make my brother a quilt, while he was in boot camp. Unfortunately, he was giving a medical discharge so I never finished the quilt.
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There is no particular pattern for the quilt, I constructed it from a couple different blocks. The center Marine Corp logo is a pillow panel I purchased on Ebay The stripes will be a 5-piece rail fence. And the other block is called Crossroads that I found in EQ7. You can download a tutorial here.

Just note that the tutorial has an error in it, the last picture has the bottom half square triangles of the block upside down.

The block was easy to put together, so maybe this will give you some ideas.

Quilter's Cache has a block dedicated to each branch of military service. Here's a link to the Navy block, maybe it will work for you.

http://www.quilterscache.com/N/NavyStarBlock.html

http://beautifulquiltfabric.com/inde...FZFFMgodDA0AEg

This site shows some other Navy fabrics. I've seen some of these in person at our LQS and they are really nice. I'm sure they would be available in many places.

I made one last year for a WWII Navy veteran. Used the panel from amy's and did a D9P of naval and patriotic prints. Went together really fast and he so appreciated it. I also had an embroiderer (?) make a nameplate for him to center under the Naval panel with the dates of induction, where he served and the ship he was on. He tells me that he will be buried with the quilt. As a matter of fact, today is the 70th anniversary of his induction date. It also had his discharge date and status which I realize doesn't apply to you. I am sure he will be so touched.

Thanks for your suggestions. Each of the ideas have merit and are lovely! I will look into them and try to decide which pattern to use. I've seen military material at one of our local fabric stores, so I am hoping that they have some Navy material to use as a centerpiece. I like the Navy Star block, but don't think I could get it finished and to my LAQ in time for her to quilt it. :)

I purchased this pattern to make for my MIL. Pretty simple blocks and should go together fairly quickly. http://www.creativequiltkits.com/uni...d-designs.html