nwm50

Sweet gesture! Lovely quilts..........im sniiffling, those va deserves to be shown that we're aware of them & what they have done for us. Thank you for taking the time to do this.

janice4

Yes, they do, I know my son always appreciated the cards that got sent to him at holidays and birthdays in iraq.. I found a ton of them in his belongings.. I knew not any of the people and they were strangers to him...yet wanted to thank a military person.. kindness goes a long ways.

LastGrandma

Nice to meet another quilter who honors the wounded with a quilt. You have inspired me to finish another patriotic quilt that is sitting in a box for the American Heroes program here in Washington State. Thanks again!

janice4

Yeah inspiration is great ...............we would lOVE to see it when your done !!

beachlady

Just beautiful quilt and blocks! I am sure who ever receives your quilt will love it.

iltoaz

What a great program and your beautiful quilts will be greatly appreciated.

Boscobd

I don't know how the VA Hospital picks the receipients of the quilts. An AF Colonel I work with did the legwork with the Hospital when I had completed the quilt. The next one (blocks in my original post) will have a Marine Corps insignia appliqued in the center of one of the blocks, so it will go specifically to a Marine. I also have fabric with the insignias for the Army, AF, and Navy for future quilts.
On another note, I received EQ7 today and spent the evening "designing" the next WW quilt (the one I'm currently working on). I have never used the EQ SW and I found it very easy to use and maneuver around. I even scanned in the fabrics.
Thank you all for your responses and dedication to our service men and women.

janice4

IT is Fabulous !!! LOve it !!!!!

texas granny

For anyone on the Board that lives in or around Austin. The Austin Guild will be having a wounded soldier quilt display at the Yarborough Library. June 24 until July ? Hope you can and see the show Its free.

Boscobd

Thank you. The block pattern is "New Waterwheel" from the QuiltBus website with the "bar" block (center block on outside) rotated 90 degrees and reversed in color. Then I just added sashing with cornerstones, narrow inner border, and wider outer border. I wanted to do red/white/blue in muted old-fashioned tones rather than brights.