These quilts were made as Round Robins and block swaps with many cadet and grad parents. All are quilted with stars and swirls.

If by a fluke any of you know Jack Bernazzani, please don't tell him about the quilt that was made for him. It is a surprise for all he has done for AFA cadets and won't be presented until Labor Day weekend.

Thanks,

Diane

as an army soldier,,, I am speechless,, the selfless service he has obviously done, and the fact that you all are recognizing it, is beyond words for me,,, thank you to al f the people like you,, that makes things for service members,, beleive it or not,,, those are our most valued possessions,,

With a son in the AF and he is an AFA grad, I agree they are our most valued possessions!

Diane

WOW!!! Those are absolutely wonderful!!! :thumbup:

YOU are an army soldier? Members of this board never cease to amaze me! Thank you for your service.

Diane

Lovely quilt...someone will be happy to have it.

Yes Miss Diane, I have been in the service almost 4 years now. got deployed last year,, and if you look in the PDA section, I am there,, if your interested to learn more about me. http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-48916-1.htm I am happy to say,, I would love to participate with ppl when they make things like this for a mentor,, or fellow soldier, I was making a small quilt for a fellow soldier when I was in a military medical hospital, but sadly she did not make it. She passed away from a massive heart attach. sorry,, got me going,,, lol..
Thank you for all you do to make us soliders happy,,,,

I'm so sorry about your friend. I can't imagine what memories you bear after working in the medical field in a war zone. God bless you.

I would be very happy to contribute to making a quilt for anyone who personally knows a soldier they would want to send a gift of loving stitches. I have a group of USAFA moms of cadets and grads and we do all the quilts for the yearly raffle at the Academy. I also have made quilts for my son when deployed and others that I know. Red, White and Blue are my favorite colors and I love Patriotic quilts.

Do you have a first name we can refer to you by?

Diane

Those quilts are stunning. What a wonderful thing to do. God Bless and keep our troops! (and especially our mrsdralshhadeh and any other military personnel we may have in our midst. )

What beautiful quilts!

Miss Diane,
I am known as Dani to my friends,, ( as my spelling of my first name always gets people confused,, Danyl,,,) so ,,please just call me that,,,,

Once again,, thank you for all you and your organization does,,, to receive a quilt after coming home,, is like a hug for all the time,,, A fellow soldier received one,, about a month after returning,, and his wife sent me the pictures,, a grown man at 34 years old, was crying,, when I called and asked him how he liked it,, he still got chocked up,,, If only a soldier could put a word towards the meaning of receiving one of those quilts, it still would not be enough. Many come home with issues,, some you can see and others you can not,, and many that I am known to,, they have told me storeis I could never wish on a mortal enemy... But,, we all knwo this thing could happen to us when we join,, we hope not,, but it could.,,,, Sorry,, got going again,,lol..

Thank you,,, and thanks to all of the people here that have supported me,, and other troops along the way,, you would be suprised how much that means to us,,, :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Beautiful work

God Bless you all that serve both for your country and helping those who do. It is a blessing to me to be able to make and give a quilt to our soldiers. It is great to be a part of a group that helps.
The quilts are beautiful!

I have a nephew just joining up in the Army,are they allowed to have quilts in basic training? I'd love to make him one while he's in. He just signed up for 4 years. Chris

Those are awesome. What wonderful group efforts. Thanks for sharing.

Chris,

I doubt he can have the quilt during basic training. I would suggest that you make the quilt and the right time to send it to him will present itself eventually.

My son has been in the AF now for 14 years and his last deployment was to Afghanistan in the winter, and that certainly called for a quilt! I had made two others for him, but it was too hot in Iraq to make use of them, so they were stored and not used while he was there.

One thing I would like to point out that a soldier told me not too long ago, is to never make a quilt that looks like an American Flag, because they don't want a coffin flag on their beds.

Diane

The quilts are beautiful!

Beautiful work!

Dear Chris,
A a recent grad from BCT and AIT, and several friends just finished, We are not allowed to have anything personal like that. They can have it for AIT, the schooling they go to after BCT. They are not as strict, however, he will have to remove it every morning and fold it and put it in his locker, room inspections come very often, and usually as a surprise!,, LOL.....

And about a flag for a quilt,, it is true,, we adore the flag,, but we are a little leery about sleeping under one,, kind of like a bad luck omen. The red white and blue are great,, and the service he is in,, but many soldiers will not sleep under it,, they will use it as a wall hanging or as a cover,, but not to sleep under. We are taught in BCT that....

In addition, we are issued the green wool blankets, and they are stamped with U.S. on it,, we are taught to turn it so the stamp is not visible. For the same reason as the flag. If a soldier comes from over seas, they do not put the flag on the coffin till they are about to be taken off the plane. They are usually brought with the green wool blanket covering the coffin. ( when I came home, there was 5 coffins in our plane, and thats how they were...)

I hope no one is offended if they gave a soldier one with a flag already,, and not all soldiers are the same,,, but the vast majority of us,, kind of shy away from it..