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Yesterday I went to the State Capitol to set up a Quilts of Valor display. Ohio Statehouse Rotunda A photo posted by @dvmheather on Feb 13, 2015 at 7:12am PST It is set up with the Lima Company Memorial, which […]

So after my husband decided to stay in the land of the living, I turned my focus to an event that we had been preparing for. There is a small town festival near here that has been turned into a […]

My quilting this week involves binding. Lots of binding. We have a Quilts of Valor presentation this weekend and we are putting finishing touches on quilts. We had a sewing day this weekend to get a lot done. My machine […]

My quilting this week has been of the boring but necessary type. I made a back for a donated top. I’m working on quilting my anchor quilt. I just decided that I need to pull out the entire center section […]

I got two rows finished and started sewing them together. I’m still trying to get the hang of working with the bulk of the quilt. I was gripping it too tight when I started and ended up straining some muscles […]

I feel like all I’ve done is work on quilts this week! I finished 2 flowers this week. I’ve only got 6 left before I start putting my top together! I had a big, busy Quilts of Valor week! On […]

I finished the binding on the Star Spangled Quilt. It will being mailed out to be used in a presentation for Quilts of Valor in Dayton. I’m still working on my 15 minutes a day project. I got the top […]

Saturday was the first National Sew Day for Quilts of Valor. I was in charge of monitoring Twitter and Instagram posts and giving out prizes. It was amazing. So many great tops were made that day and posted all over […]

I did a Quilts of Valor presentation this weekend. It was done at a family party. The first recipient was a WWII veteran. The others were for a Vietnam veteran and an Iraq War veteran. I made the St. Louis […]

I made my 6th Swoon block. It is the one on the lower right. I’m going to set these with red cornerstones and white sashing. From January 22, 2014 I basted some hexagons and made a hedgehog army! From Jan […]

I have my own version of a Christmas miracle.  I actually finished a few things! I don’t know when the last time that happened was. I finished by St. Louis 16 Patch top. It has been mailed out to a […]

The only thing I worked on this week was some hexagons. I’m still excited to be using some of the next batch of fabrics for my Hexy MF quilt.  I’ve been slowly sewing up the first batch I cut a […]

Friday I had the chance to get a bunch of free fabric donated for Quilts of Valor. I took a friend of mine with me and we went pillaging looking for fabrics that would work. Now I have huge bags […]

That’s me today. I’m going on an adventure that involves a road trip, a friend I haven’t seen in a while, and free fabric!

I’m really enjoying this St. Louis 16 patch block. It is totally mindless piecing. It is made to be cut from fat quarters so there is minimal cutting too. I don’t like cutting. I never, ever use fat quarters because […]

I finished up Swoon block number 3. I was asked by a person who is having a Quilts of Valor display for Veteran’s Day if I had a banner. I said, “Yeah, no problem, I’ll get that to you.” Translation […]

I’ve gone back to an old UFO. I need nine 24 inch carpenter’s star blocks for the quilt I have in mind. This will be number 3. I’ve had a HUGE Quilts of Valor week. Last week I presented a […]

Last night there was a story on NBC Nightly News about Quilts of Valor. This clip is a web extra that they made.   I got my first email from a new volunteer about 45 minutes after it aired. Requests […]

On Sunday I drove to Dayton to do a talk to a quilt guild about Quilts of Valor. There were two people there whose family members had had quilts made for them. They talked about what it meant for them […]