Next Quilt of Valor Begun

I have the pieces cut out, sitting here staring at me on my porch, or I wouldn't be starting this now. I am really getting tired of sewing, and I still have Holiday gifts to make. But, this is for a good cause, will make someone feel appreciated, and feel seen, so I will get it done.

 

Laying out the block	First block completed (though not ironed)	Blocks finished on to assembling
First of two tops only need borders	Two quilts are in halves	Quilt 20 Finished, on to the next one
Quilt 21 Finished, no more for awhile	Texted Borders

On to cutting strings and hand sewing on these Quilts Of Valor

Heart in Stars (more info in 'how to')

Hidden Patterns

Storm Chained (more info in 'How To')

 

Patriotic Snowman

Sewing Machine is Fixed

My sewing machine went completely on the fritz, would not sew at all, in fact it was pulling the fabric backward through the feed dogs! Went upstairs to an old cheap Kenmore standby, to find that the machine is no longer a standby, the presser foot wont lower and sew. So my good machine had to go to the shop, and now that it's back, I am on to finishing the binding on these 4 quilts and then getting them into the mail. Luckily for me, it was just an adjustment, probably caused by trying to clear lint from the machine, which is made to trap but in no way release the lint...

Back to Quilting Quilts of Valor

	Just like everyone else, Covid, all the hate and negative politics, including the destruction of life as we know it, life in general got to be a heavy load in late Feb/early march. I stopped sewing. I stopped a lot of things for a while. I guess I got to the point that I was thinking that just surviving life really wasn't enough, if living, if hope and joy are indeed gone, then why do any of us want to 'go on.' Sort of, 'what's the point,' I didn't answer the question, though I have moved past the conversation with myself - answerless.

Quilt Tops Moving Along

Creating some squares for a future quilt

Drawing the lines to sew around	Sewing around the lines drawn	Stack of sewn lines, I'm half-way
Finally, all the lines are sewn	Now begins the cutting of the lines	Blocks are now triangle squares
Squares still have a long way to go	Trimming every square...	Boxes are all trimmed to 3 1/2 or 4"

My 5 Little Stars Quilt of Valor

When I started this quilt, I understood Deb to have said her daughter and son-in-law had 5 children. What she probably said was that they had 4, and her only grand-daughter. So, once I decided on the layout (with log cabin quilts there are so many possibilities, I created yet another 'unstarred' block, and exchanged it for one of the 'starred blocks'. When I finish this one, it will be named 'Heart of the Matter', because in all we do, aren't family at the heart? I went with the layout 8 for that reason.

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  Begin with 5 little hunter stars

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  Create log cabin blocks

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  Each star into it's own block

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  Layout option 1

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  Layout option 2

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  Layout option 3

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  Layout option 4

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  Layout option 5 (oops!)

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  Layout option 6

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  Layout option 7

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  Layout option 8 There are more, I stopped here.

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  Heart of the Matter - finished (15th QOV)

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  Heart of the Matter - pieced back

So ends another voyage of artistry and craftsmanship.