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jaciqltznok 02-23-2011 08:50 PM

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We have all heard about QOV or quilts of valor, there are also numerous other groups making quilts for troops wounded in the war.

But do you remember the Homefront quilt project started by a teenage girl? You can read her updated story here:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/humanin...res-to/1115301

My family and I spent the summer of 2003 making quilts for the families of fallen soldiers.
here is just a few of the 35 quilts we finished in 10 weeks!

My children also made lap quilts for veterans in wheel chairs the following summer.

the look tiny here but the are the standard twin size
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kids and their quilts
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Grama Lehr 02-23-2011 08:52 PM

Great job, for a very worthy cause!

Grammy o'5 02-23-2011 08:53 PM

Great job!
Thank you to all of them for what they've done!

moonwork42029 02-23-2011 08:54 PM

It's wonderful to see kids acknowledge others. It truly makes them a better person.

As a Mom with a son in the service (thankfully not needing one of your quilts), thank you for your efforts and appreciation.

mrspete 02-23-2011 08:54 PM

This is so wonderful. What a blessing you are.

Ruth

jaciqltznok 02-23-2011 08:55 PM

notice all those rail fence quilts..that is what my kids learned to cut strips on and they learned that the perfect 1/4" seam DOES matter..hehehe
my daughter hated the ripping out...but 3 years later when she joined the AF and we sent her machine out to her, she made a baby quilt totally from memory using the rail fence pattern!

Mariposa 02-23-2011 08:56 PM

Great quilts, and a wonderful cause! Hats off to you!

pookie ookie 02-23-2011 08:56 PM

Love the pix! Good on ya.

Thanks for the link.
"I had a really hard time, thinking of how the American people didn't appreciate what Lea'd done," Mills recalled. "When this came, it was like giving water to a hungry plant."

Completely understand. Glad little incidents happen to remind us that some people do care.

jaciqltznok 02-23-2011 09:03 PM


Originally Posted by moonwork42029
It's wonderful to see kids acknowledge others. It truly makes them a better person.

As a Mom with a son in the service (thankfully not needing one of your quilts), thank you for your efforts and appreciation.

I am a bred and born military brat myself with a long line of family members spanning ALL of our generations who served this country and others!
Our daughter(my step actually) had just to come to live with us that summer and she needed some direction/purpose in her life at the point...it was a true blessing in disguise to have her so busy!
She went on to join the AF and is in her 6th year now! She just returned from her 2nd deployment to the sand box!

Toto's Mom 02-23-2011 09:03 PM

Great job on all of them!! God bless you and your kids for doing this for our troops. :thumbup:


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