From Oregon

Monday February 25, our VFW had it's monthly family dinner and I had the priviledge of presenting a Quilt of Valor to a Korean War Vet. This was especially good as Chris has never had anyone say thank-you to him and has also just been diagnosed with cancer and is almost 90 years old.

Our President of the VFW Post, Ray, helped to present the quilt and Chris was given a resounding round of applause and many thank-yous. I was accused of pinching him as I wrapped him in his quilt and the tears began to fall, that is why his head is bowed and I swear I did not pinch him and my own tears were right there with his.

submitted by J. Marie

Boulder Group

There is a great little sewing group up in Boulder - and they are quite prolific! They send all their Quilts of Valor overseas, and I am so proud of them. Terry and Beth are the ringleaders!!

Here are some photos of the recent quilts they have finished and requested destinations for:

 This one is still a top and heading out to a longarmer:

This one was quilted by Nita Vono.

 Quilted by Cyndi McChesney

Quilted by Julie Bauer

And here are some detail shots of the quilting:

Beautiful!!!

Thank you all so  much for sharing your great Quilts of Valor.

FCCLA in Texas is making QOV's

We are aspermont FCCLA chapter/ family& consumer science dept at Aspermont schools in a small rural big country community of Texas- we have about 50 students in our group ranging from 6th to 12th grades.

We joined the QOVF in the fall because we wanted to enter into a service project that will honor others.

This is the first quilt we have finished, and it was sent to Afghanistan. We have about 10 more in the works.

Thanks for this avenue to serve.

THANK YOU Mary and your class!!!!.

Washington Island Quilts of Valor

Sievers School of Fiber Arts, the location of the QOV event, is located on Washington Island, WI, an island at the tip of Door County, accessible by ferry boat. Dick Purinton, the writer of the blog, is the CEO of the Washington Island Ferry Line, and a regular blogger. His wife, Mary Jo, was a Rookie on Saturday.

You will love checking out Dick's Blog Post about the Washington Island Event

National Quilting Day - Let's Roll (National Capital Area)

Let’s Roll

Inspired by Todd Beamer’s final words on September 11, Flight 93, "Are you guys ready? Okay, let’s roll!” the words have become a rallying cause for both Patriots serving down-range and those that support them world-wide.

On National Quilting Day, Captain Baker was honored during a presentation of his Quilt of Valor, by the MSP Quilting Angels, Germantown, MD.

CPT Baker recalled his time in Kuwait at Camp 93, located just south of the Iraq/Kuwait border – whose motto was “Let’s Roll”. “I was awestruck”, CPT Baker said after the presentation, “looking over the many pieces that make up my Quilt of Valor and I saw those words that mean so much to me and the men I served with at Camp 93– “Let’s Roll”. I am truly touched by this recognition of my service and deeply touched”.

Respectfully submitted,



Jeff Thorne

Quilts of Valor Foundation

Serving the National Capital Region