Quilts of Valor 2014

Happy Happy Wednesday!!!

Before I get to the show.... REMEMBER THURSDAY starts our ALLEGIANCE Mystery Quilt
The Fabric Requirements are here:

http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/2014/05/allegiance-quilt-of-valor-mystery.html

I also put a handy dandy little tab at the top of the blog called Allegiance... so you can always find the info!

Ready..... Set.... Go!!

This soldier above - he really wanted a quilt with an Eagle on it. Jessie C from LA sent me a quilt with an Eagle smack in the center of it... so I tracked him down. That smile... is beyond genuine.

That;s me on the far right... I don't know what I can tell you about this photo - other than - smiles... are contagious!

Made by Jackie S
Quilted by Loretta W in LA

Another by Jackie S - and Quilted by Loretta

Star quilting LOVE!

Made by Al Lind
Quilted by Alycia ( me)

 I had posted this quilt earlier just as a finish for me... and I mentioned that Al had been a prisoner of war. Many of you were shocked, but you knew of Al... So I thought i would introduce him a bit here. Al learned about Quilts of Valor from June Moore and she taught him how to make these quilts. He turned into a piecing machine!! A lot of us were blessed with his tops. I am slowly going through them, as I want Al's Legacy to be in the front of our minds for a long time,

Al was a POW at Stalag IIB and Stalag IIIB. He came back to America on the Liberty shp in June 1945 - after being held 23 months and 11 days. Can you imagine? Al drove an M7 ( a tank) under fire his M7 took a shell hit and exploded.  He was captured along with the other men and they were marched to Sicily and then took a raft to Italy, then handed over to the Germans. And taken to the camp. His story fascinates me ;-)

Made by Barbara W
Quilted by Alycia C

The back of Barb's

Pieced and Quilted by
Marilyn W of CO

Made by Sally T
http://objectsofmydesign.blogspot.com

Columbine Quilt Guild
Arvada CO

Columbine Quilt Guild
Colorado

I tried to put the captions under the quilts this time - so that They all stayed together...