Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Quilts of Valor 2016

Got your Coffee??  Ready to sit back and relax?   Need some quilty inspirations?

You are welcome!!!

Here we go:

Our group had a special Sew day on QOV's National Sew day - ours was Italian Themed - and we made Lasagna Quilts ( Pattern from Atkinson Designs - in her Spring Fling book)

This first one was made by Harriet, and Quilted by Me

( here's a close up of the quilting)


This next one was made by Betty B and quilted by Me

( a little close up of the quilting)



This one ( below) was made by Deb - Harriet's Daughter
and quilted by me


And this one was made by Fern
and quilted by me


We need to give a HUGE shout out to Northcott Fabrics - they graciously helped us with our Fabrics for this day!!



(above)  This one was made by Mary and Quilted by Lois
(that's another one I want to ad to my bucket list!)

And below
Pieced by Kathy and Quilted by Connie


(below)
This one is called Fire Escape - another Atkinson Design
It was pieced by Sue S and quilted by Connie


And the last two pieces of eye candy today
Left - made by Teresa and Bob
Right - Pieced by Connie and Kathy

Both are quilted by Connie


hope you enjoyed today's Quilt of Valor show.

A few of you have asked about Groups in your area - 
here is a list of the ones they have registed so far ( and things are being added)

but - always feel free to create your own group 
There is lots of info on the QOVF.org site 
and it is fun!! Sewing friends are awesome!


6 comments:

Paige said...

Thanks for sharing these! Love your Italian theme!

Gypsy Quilter said...

Wonderful!

Terri said...

Love the quilts... especially the star. Is there a pattern available for that one?
Hugs

The Joyful Quilter said...

FUN!! I hadn't seen the Fire Escape by Atkinson Designs. LOVE it!!

phylklos said...

a GREAT show today. Have not seen such an exuberant star before! Is a pattern available? Looks as though I could use my scraps for that one.

Kate said...

Lots of fun quilts, but I really like that star quilt by Mary, it's very dynamic.