Quilts of Valor

Re: Show and Tell

bjlinks — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:19:26 GMT

Thanks for the inspiration!! I like it very much..Barb

Re: Welcome to the Quilts of Valor Group!

bjlinks — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:30:48 GMT

hello Sharon,

I am so excited to have found a QOV group that meets once a month at a local fabric shop. Our son and grandson both are in the Army and our Son Col. Gene Links was injured in battle in Afghanistan Sept. 7th 2011. He is sitll going thru surgeries and a lot of therapy. But we are blessed he is alive and still with us. When they boarded him on the plane transport him to Germany to the hospital for surgery. He was given a Quilt of Valor. as well as all of the fellas that were loaded on the plan. He also received items from the wounded warriors program as well. He treasurers his quilts. as he received another when he went to hospital in Germany and then In GA. in Augusta, where we stayed with him for months. He made his bed everyday while in the hospital with is first quilt that some one made for a Veteran. He felt so close to his mom with it he said because I make quilts and it was similar to one I had made for him when he was in high school. I have time now to give back and was looking for a way to get involved with the Quilts of Valor program. I am honored to be able to do this for our veterans and soldiers. I have made one for my grandson as well. Thank you for your time and care Sharon and know that it is so very appreciated by the soldiers and their families.

Re: Welcome to the Quilts of Valor Group!

williamsj9@cox.net — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:53:00 GMT

[quote user="Nancy625"]

I made a couple of QVC quilts. I made the tops and mailed them to a longarm quilter (QVC provided the address etc). They came back within the week, I bound them, labeled them, made pillow cases, and mailed them to the address provided. Does that help?

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I have been a volunteer longarmer for several quilts. They do have a great organized process to match up toppers to longarmers and to help you find a donor. I will say that I have probably never received, quilted and returned a quilt within a week but 2-3 weeks at least. You volunteer to do so many a month or you can let them know your availability on a month by month basis. You need to get them done within a month. I was getting to the point of not being able to get them done so I had to back off for awhile. And now that I am starting a QoV group next month, I figure I better just concentrate on that group of quilts. I think we will have at least 4 longarmers willing to help with the quilting and anticipate about 14 quilts coming out of the project we are doing with a 4H group in Iowa.

QOV for husband, a VietNam vet

USPSLADY — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:51:13 GMT

Here is the quilt I made for my husband who is a VietNam vet.

QOV for Great Nephew

USPSLADY — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:47:10 GMT

Here is my QOV which I'm ready to mail to my great-nephew who is a Marine.

Re: Welcome to the Quilts of Valor Group!

lvkauai — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:03:58 GMT

[quote user="Donna"] Any suggestions are appreciated such as timelines, discussions and goals.[/quote]

Hi Donna - welcome aboard! Be sure to look on the Quilts of Valor Foundation website for possible QOV groups or people in your area. Someone in my area contacted me through the website, and today, a year later, she has spearheaded the development of a group of 10-12 women who meet weekly to make QOV's. The group distributes to recipients in the area and have even made the local paper a couple of times. Meantime - the website has a form you can complete for the name of a longarm quilter in your area who can provide the batting and quilting, and the website can also provide the address of someone who will distribute the quilt. They make it easy.

Re: Welcome to the Quilts of Valor Group!

Nancy625 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:28:35 GMT

Re: Welcome to the Quilts of Valor Group!

Donna Parker — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:38:28 GMT

Hi All,

As I posted recently in 'Off Topic' I feel a calling to work on QOV project. I've printed the information for requirements, fabrics, sizes etc. I initially thought participants sent a quilt top to the QOV foundation and they took it from there. That seems not to be the case. Any suggestions are appreciated such as timelines, discussions and goals. I'm looking forward to getting to know each of you as we work toward such a worthy cause. Many thanks, Donna in Oregon

Re: Show and Tell

mamommer — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:24:35 GMT

[quote user="Debbie"]Anyways, I'm a 15 yr veteran of the Air Force, Montana National Guard and AF Reserves. My husband is retired AF, been retired now longer than he was in - which seems like a lifetime ago and my father is retired AF. I have a brother and uncle retired Coast Guard, another uncle now gone who retired Army and another brother who spend 4 years in Army, plus one more uncle from that other branch, oh yeah, the Navy.[/quote]

Debbie, many thanks to you and your family for your service to our country, including that other branch, Navy. : ) God Bless. (((((HUGS)))))

[quote user="Debbie"] I love this idea and have made one patriotic quilt but I'm keeping it for sentimental reasons, I made it when my daughter was pregnant with her 2nd son, my 3rd grandson and we found out she was pregnant on Sept 11, 2001. quite an emotional day for us, NYC and the Pentagon, finding out we were expecting Reily and then my Uncle Sam died that day. So that quilt (picture won't load) is a reminder of all that happened that day.[/quote]

What a story! I can understand keeping that quilt.

Re: Show and Tell

dear1953 — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:18:54 GMT

Forgot to say I've been called to active duty twice - once in Montana when state employees at some facilities(home for the mentally challenged & the state prison) when on stike. and then in Nov, 1990 when Desert Shield began, my reserve unit at Tinker AFB (we were a aircraft loading unit) was called to duty and we shipped all supplies to Desert Shieldt/Desert Storm in Saudi and other parts. One good thing was it was home, I didn't get sent somewhere. Amazing what all went over.

Re: Show and Tell

dear1953 — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:12:50 GMT

Hi! I'm Debbie from Oklahoma City and just joined the group. I love this idea and have made one patriotic quilt but I'm keeping it for sentimental reasons, I made it when my daughter was pregnant with her 2nd son, my 3rd grandson and we found out she was pregnant on Sept 11, 2001. quite an emotional day for us, NYC and the Pentagon, finding out we were expecting Reily and then my Uncle Sam died that day. So that quilt (picture won't load) is a reminder of all that happened that day.

Anyways, I'm a 15 yr veteran of the Air Force, Montana National Guard and AF Reserves. My husband is retired AF, been retired now longer than he was in - which seems like a lifetime ago and my father is retired AF. I have a brother and uncle retired Coast Guard, another uncle now gone who retired Army and another brother who spend 4 years in Army, plus one more uncle from that other branch, oh yeah, the Navy. So, come from a military background for sure and love the idea of making quilts for soldiers.

I have some FQs of patriotic prints that I bought several years ago but never found a quilt to make with them. Now, I've got a quilt to use those on.

Re: Show and Tell

lvkauai — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:03:41 GMT

[quote user="Karen, aka yayaquilts"]Does Quilts of Valor accept quilts made with "firefighter" fabrics or do they only accept quilts with USA Red WHite and Blue for soldiers?[/quote]

Hi Karen,

Patriotic fabrics are used in most of the Quilts of Valor. Although patriotic fabrics are not required, and other fabrics can be used, I would not use other "theme" fabrics - such as sports, firefighters and police, childrens fabrics, animals (except perhaps eagles), etc. Just keep in mind that we are honoring members of the US military forces and you will be fine. There are requirements for size, type of fabrics, etc. on the QOV website: www.qovf.org Many fabric manufacturers produce collections of patriotic fabrics in cooperation with Quilts of Valor.

Re: Show and Tell

yayaquilts — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:10:32 GMT

Does Quilts of Valor accept quilts made with "firefighter" fabrics or do they only accept quilts with USA Red WHite and Blue for soldiers?

Re: Show and Tell

mamommer — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:32:51 GMT

[quote user="mbrwfy"]

I finally finished my first QOV! Its on its way to Afghanistan.

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This is gorgeous! It will wrap one person up with love. God Bless.

Re: Show and Tell

mamommer — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:28:49 GMT

Giddy, love all your quilts, they'll be well received. God Bless.

Re: Show and Tell

DOQuilting — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:30:24 GMT

Very nice Giddy. I really like the one in the middle.

Re: Welcome to the Quilts of Valor Group!

reddbridge — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 00:30:24 GMT

Well hey Marcella! Not sure if you're talking about the same destination but I know Cynthia had put out a request for me for those 'underlings' so they would still find homes and they were perfect! I only have one left unfortunately and haven't received any for a while now. I mentioned it to Keith over July 4th when he showed me the new addition to the rec room on the bus which was a wall shelving area loaded down with quilts from one of our local Guilds!! He will be servicing the Blind Veterans Convention all this week and will also be transporting a group of veterans to a rally on September 14th. I'm worried he won't have enough for that trip. If you happen to have any extras please let me know! One of those quilts I presented to a WWII airforce POW after he rode in the vintage bomber that was shot down when he was taken prisoner and it was the first time he'd been on that bomber since then! It happened to be one made by the boy scouts and it so happens he and 4 generations of his sons, and grandsons and great grandsons were all scouts! He was so honored and touched to receive that special quilt.

Re: Welcome to the Quilts of Valor Group!

Diane S. Vaughn — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:44:23 GMT

Hello lady's I have been a member for awhile my name is Diane and I volunteer at Quilt of Honor! The website is Quiltofhonor.org. We except all the help we can get. Please check out our website Thank You! Diane V.

Re: Welcome to the Quilts of Valor Group!

beth4619 — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:54:46 GMT

Marcella,

THANK YOU!!!!!

Re: Welcome to the Quilts of Valor Group!

9533cella — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:15:08 GMT

Elizabeth,

I'm the Destination Coordinator for the Quilts of Valor Foundation and I do have one location that will take undersized quilts. We do not "advertise" this location because they don't meet our minimum size requirements and also this location doesn't need too many quilts at any one time. Please go to the QOVF website and fill out the request a destination form. PLEASE add a note to the comments section (at the bottom of the form) that the quilts are undersized.

Thanks

Marcella