Delivering the Quilts of Valor

School got out on the 15th of May and on the 17th 10 children from the 5th grade, 1 teacher, and 2 moms headed down to Colorado Springs Colorado to deliver 9 Quilts of Valor. We were met by the Chaplain Jeff Cartee and were escorted on to the base and into the Evans Hospital Chapel. There we had a short ceremony and dedication of the quilts. We were spoken to by the Hospital Commander. He likened himself to a quilter - as he was a surgeon and stitched a lot!!

We spoke to a soldier who had been wounded and did recieve a quilt of Valor when he arrived at Walter Reed in Texas - we asked him where his quilt was now, he said it was on his wall so he could see it every day.

They had a lunch for us and after the lunch Sgt Frank G. arrived. He was a soldier who had been wounded and had been at the hospital for rehabilitation. He had not recieved a quilt of Valor and our class was able to present him one. It was quite an honor. I got to speak personally with him as I helped him fold up the quilt. He was an amazing man of character and strength and I am honored to have met him. But let me tell you how important these quilts are. This man served his country, did his job, and did it without expecting anything. He was so amazed that anyone even cared about the job they did. He was so humbled to receive a quilt it brought tears to his eyes.

The Greeley Tribune - our local paper followed our progress and had a neat story come oun on Memorial day - here is the link if you are interested.
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20060528/NEWS/60528001&SearchID=73255048144175

So any of you who are thinking of doing a QOV Please do so - they are so greatly appreciated. and to those of you who have made one - Thank you!!!

Happy Saturday

Well , Yesterday I spent the day and the Doctors office, The park with the 5th grade choir, and taking pictures of the kids to put on the Labels of the Quilts of Valor - so today I am getting a little quilting time.

I had a lot of scraps left from our QOV project so my boys and I have been working on this one -

Now we will start working on the back and get it into our quilting Que!

Happy Saturday everyone

My Challenge Quilt

A group of 4 of us joined in a quilting challenge at Mountain Prarie Quilts in Berthoud and made 4 individual quilts. Our group had the winning quilt - it belonged to Daisy. Hers was completely finished - mine was just a top.

Well now it is a secondary challenge - as I don't know exactly how I want to quilt it. So if you have any ideas - feel free to let me know.

My First Post

Well, This is my first post to my Blog - so you can bear with me as I learn. I am a long arm quilter in Colorado, and have a passion for quilting. Just recently I have been working with my oldest sons 5th grade class to make 8 quilts for the Quilts of Valor program. If you are interested more information can be found here http://www.qovf.org

The kids have done all the cutting, most of the sewing, I did the quilting, and the binding. It has been a great project and we are about ready to deliver the quilts to wounded soldiers.

All of our quilts are in Patriotic colors.We started our project in November so we are pretty proud of ourselves for the work we have done ;-)