1st Veterans Quilt

That is one sharp quilt John. If you haven't heard of Don Beld you might want to google around for him. A sort of local quilter that does a lot of veteran related quilts and is really in the know of historical info relating to them. He does mostly hand work but it is superb. He does the local guild circuit. Thanks for sharing. Taria

The quilt is as beautiful as the sentiment, John. Way to go!

Michelle in NV

Really nice! How do you do them so fast? I must be the world's most inefficient quilter...

58x66 is considerably bigger than I would have thought for wheelchairs (I thought it was more like 36" wide), but yours is a wonderfully cozy size.

--Heidi

Quilts of Valor wants them between 54 x 67 and 72 x 87. I guess mine is on the smaller side of that range. It is possible to use it for sitting down and watching tv , but not really bed size.

John

John

I've wondered that too, Heidi. Does he even stop to eat? Maybe his sweet wife just hooks up an i.v. for him and re-loads it every few hours. Polly

"heidi wrote, in part > Really nice! How do you do them so fast? I must be the world's most

You have discovered the truth. I am a quilting junkie. I can't stop once I start. Won't somebody please help me? Stop me before I quilt again. Ok. to be real. Let's face it. The nine patch is probably the easiest traditional pattern that lends itself to power sewing. I use the power sewing techniques of sewing long strips of the various elements of the 9 patch together into the elements of color that make up the 9 patch. Then cut the sewn strips into the 2-1/2" sections and then sew those sections together. It actually takes very little time if you set up an assembly line process and are willing to take 8 hour stretches of sewing as the norm. Now if the pattern you are doing is lots of little fiddley 60 degree points, then all bets are off. And if you have a life that is other than quilting, like raising children, going to work and earning a living, or belonging to lots of orgs that take you out of the house, then your time will be compressed as it relates to quilting. For me, none of those things intrude into my chosen addiction, and so I am able to crank out a large number of simple quilts, in a short period of time. There you have the naked truth. I am happy to have come clean, and am now in recovery. Great, I think I will start another quilt. Oh no, there I go. I have fallen off the wagon already.

John

Hi John,

Nice job, great commitment. Keep the faith, Bro! ;-)

Doc Smith

LOL! John, I hope you NEVER go into quilting rehab! There are some vices that should be encouraged. :-)

Best regards, Michelle in NV

I think that would have been better also, except for the fact that I bought all of the fabric that they had, (5-1/2 YDS), as they told me it was not re-orderable. I wanted to make sure I had enough for the center piece of all the quilts that I made for the vets, regardless of the pattern. I liked the pattern a lot for it's own sake, but I didn't want to use it up on a smaller number of quilts. Also I was under a deadline to come up with a quilt so as to be included in a presentation and the use of cornerstones would have slowed down the construction of the sashing. I might try to work them into the following ones, though.

John

Then it's my kind of quilt! I like snuggling with them, with a book or tv and cup of tea.

--Heidi

> Quilts of Valor wants them between 54 x 67 and 72 x 87. I guess mine