NEW QUILTS

Well 4th of July has come and gone. I was able to finish all three of the ones I wanted to do to honor the active military people I knew. I made one for Houston who is just leaving for the Persian Gulf, one for Gina and one for Michael who are both active military and members of my church. I missed getting Michael's to him. I didn't know he was deployed a couple of weeks prior but I'll make sure it gets to his wife and new daughter. I'll post the pics here as well as my personal blog cause if these aren't comfort quilts I don't know what is. We owe such a debt to our military personnel and this is just a tiny gesture.

Here's Houston's - I posted here prior but it wasn't finished.

RED/WHITE & BLUE

After looking at the quilts of valor program and the soliders they have honored I decided to try and honor a few as I can in our area. Well living in the Tampa area with MacDill AFB there is certainly no shortage of military personnel. After some thought and prayer I realized why not start with the ones I know. So with Houston's almost finished I decided to try and honor the 2 young soliders in our church family. The young man has a daughter not much older than one or so and the young woman has a newborn, yet they put their families aside when called to protect ours.

It's my hope that I can get a quilt ready for each of them by July 4th. I started Michael's and the picture is here. For Gina's I bought something a little different. It's still red, white & blue fabrics but I bought tone on tones with small flowers so she'll have one a little more girly. I doubt there's much of that in the military. I'll post her picture once I start it.

NEW PICTURES

I have this on my personal blog but I wanted to put here as well since it's probably the most deserved of a comfort quilt. God has really laid the on my heart recently about the young men and women in our country that are giving up their homes and families to protect our freedoms that we sometimes take for granted. Recently my brothers girlfriend mentioned her son joined the Navy and would soon be leaving for the Persian Gulf. I immediately thought well he needs a little piece of America to take with him so I started a quilt. After 4 false starts I got a block I liked and it became Houston's quilt. Then this week after reading up on the Quilts of Valor program I decided to try and help honor the local military people who are protecting our homes and families.

Check my next post for where this lead. Here's a picture of Houston's quilt.

SORRY NO PHOTOS

Well sorry to say I haven't quilted the 2 comfort quilts yet so no new photos. I know Becky finished her 1st quilt so I'm hoping to get a photo next week to post of that. Her magic tile came out really pretty and her new puzzle box is beautiful. And, Dana is close to completing her first top so maybe I can get us a sneak preview of that tonight. It's these fabulous mardi gras colors.

Other than that the ladies are sewing away. I'm not sure what everyone is working on but I'll try to check in tonight and catch a peek.

COMFORT QUILT

Last night I sent our red/black/white quilt to Becky's sister. She is getting ready to start some medical treatments and I think it will bring her a lot of comfort just as a reminder that she has people praying for her. Here's a picture of the quilt.

WEEKLY UPDATE - MAY 26

Well another week and this time everyone was busy. Here's what they all have in the works.

Vickie has a georgeous magic tile in Christmas colors which I believe is a gift. Can't wait to see it finished. She always does a beautiful job.

Amy is almost completed the top of her pinwheel comfort quilt. It has amazing colors and is coming out simply great.

Kathy currently has a tossed 9 in red/white and blue which is turning out nice. I've not seen this pattern before so I'm waiting to see how nice it looks when finished.

Dana was able to finish her braid strips and started putting together the rows of her french braid. Wow what great colors.

Becky is sewing the chocolate and white frames for her puzzle box. The colors are simply stunning. Next week she should be up to putting the squares together.

Me, I'm trying to finish the military quilt before Houston leaves for the Persian Gulf next month. Then I've go blocks to make for 2 swaps.

So that was our week - looks like we're all plowing away.

WEEKLY UPDATE - MAY 19

Well last week we had part of the group in meetings and part traveling so only Becky and Dana were able to come. Becky brought new fabric to show us for her second quilt. She picked out an amazing french theme of teal with chocolate and white Eifle Towers. It is beautiful. After sorting patterns she finally decided on a Puzzle Box so she could keep the teal fabric in larger pieces to show off the design. it'll be framed in chocolate and white. By the way I'll get a pic of her first quilt and post it here to see.

Dana was busy cuttig and sewing pieces of her French braid which will be done in mardi gras fabric. The colors are so fresh and vibrant. I think for her first quilt she'll be amazed how bright and cheery this one will be. After this she'll be hooked for sure.