Stephen's Quilt and Onward

Stephen's quilt, a quilt pattern I saw somewhere and really liked. I like that hiccough, bits that spill over into the border. I'm pretty sure that I have included a 'how-to' on my facebook page. I don't have a server space to add them to this blog, but when I get around to it, I will build out the photo's in to a how-to on my how-to pages here. This didn't get delivered until the first part of June, thanks to issues with my sewing machine.

Finished! Squared Ripples

There's always info here!

Stephen's quilt was finished, up to the binding turn and sew down. My Viking machine isn't working correctly, and needs to go in to the shop to be fixed. Itwill be finished and sent as soon as I can!

Cutting out the next Quilt of Valor, they all start here

Completing it! It's in halves, to better quilt it.

 

Cory's Quilt of Valor (Feb 2024)

My Cousin Cory's Quilt of Valor is very like his grandfather, Don's Quilt of Valor, on purpose! They are both Irish Chain style quilts utilizing very small blocks of 100's of different fabrics. Don's has white or off-white snowballs, while Cory's has golden yellow snowballs. The snowballs are made in 5 pieces. The middle is 5" wide, the other 4 are 2" wide. 2 of them have a 2" colored square at each end, 2 have 2 2" colored squares at each end which allows for the chain effect and 'snowball' effect of each block.

Cory's Quilt before getting the binding on

Cory's Bound

The Back of Cory's

 

Quilt of Valor For My Cousin Don (January 2024)

Don is a Vietnam Vet, and this went out to him in January! It's an Irish Chain pattern, with very small (stamp) sized squares. If you zoom in and look close, you will find that there are few duplicates. There are 49 small squares in the big blocks of colored squares. There are duplicates, but not all that many. I made 'literally' hundreds and hundreds of the small squares, and more than 100 of the small square blocks. I hadn't touched the sewing machine in more than a year, when I sat down to make this for him in December. 

Don is a long lost cousin, and found me or I found him, and we connected. He served in the Air Force in Vietnam. His is a very interesting story! In the 40's, when he was a small boy, he and one of his brothers were given up to an orphans home, due to divorce. Not all his brothers, just these two. After decades of searching, he found his older siblings, and recently found the rest of us. My Great Great Grandfather is his Great Grandfather. 

This is his quilt. The next quilt I made is for his Grandson, Cory, who obviously is also a lost cousin, and is currently serving. He's spent a lot of time in the middle east war zones.