Quilt of Valor
60 x 84
I hope to surprise my brother-in-law, Bert, a veteran, with this on Veteran's Day. I just have to remember to get it mailed off when it's closer to time. I need to finish one more Quilt of Valor for the three veteran family members I hope to surprise - my nephew, my sister's husband and my husband's brother.
I used 140 six inch blocks - some left over Twinklers from a past Quilt of Valor, some Chunky Churn Dashes from a swap and some Snowballs.
I quilted it on my DSM with some freemotion loops and stars.
I pieced a few fabrics for the back.
This is this month's goal for OMG at Red Letter Quilts.
This is also goal #2 in my list for Q3 Finish-A-Long.
And today I'm linking to Oh Scrap! at Quilting is More Fun than Housework.
Your QOV is excellent and even more special since you are gifting it to a family member. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteSo many blocks! Beautiful and I'm sure it will be appreciated and loved!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful, vibrant quilt!
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful! Thanks for sharing it with Oh Scrap! I find your quilts so inspiring:)
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful quilt and will make a beautiful gift! You always have such amazing collections of blocks and fabrics!
ReplyDeleteI liked it before and love it now it is done. I really like how the red, white and blue works with this block design - bet it's going to be well appreciated!
ReplyDeleteSo many of the official quilts of valor that I see seem to exude a slick polished look. Yours has a definite home made-in the best sense of that term-comfort filled and snuggle loving look to it. I hope that your family can appreciate these special quilts for decades to come.
ReplyDeleteGreat use of orphan blocks. But it doesn't look like you used orphans. A very fun scrappy quilt.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beauty! I love how those little twinkle stars live up to their name!
ReplyDeleteThis quilt just sings! He will love it. Great job!
ReplyDeleteCathy, the quilt is exuberant! Fun to see how you used swap blocks.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely quilt!
ReplyDeleteThis quilt has a lot of patriotic vitality. I love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful way to use up blocks and to honor Vets. It's a fun quilt.
ReplyDeletewow one of the best QOV i've seen...love its scrappiness...great idea...a whole melange of different RWB blocks...love it!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your finish, what a beautiful quilt!
ReplyDeleteA meaningful QOV for your brother-in-law. The scrappy look and bits from different projects looks like you really cared. BTW, my post is acting weird, just hit the Home button and it will show up.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! The scrappiness is wonderful altogether. Plenty of time to enjoy it for awhile too ;)
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt! A soldier will love it, I know.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome gift! Veterans are pretty amazing people! Thank you for participating in the FAL, on behalf of the 2016 global FAL hosts
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