Memorial day weekend I brought the finally completed quilt of valor to my Grandmother’s cottage for some assistance holding it up for some final quilty photos before I send it off; so here it is in it’s patriotic glory! Isn’t she wonderful? Gosh I just love this quilt. It’s a oversized vintage star block based…
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Quilt of Valor: Top Pieced & Complete
Saturday we did it. With an 9 hour marathon of ironing, cutting, pinning, sewing and pressing we completed our Quilt of Valor top. My mom and 2 of my closest friends gathered around the kitchen table, set up the press board in the living room and with a pitcher of apple sangria, some finger sandwiches…
Quilt of Valor: Fabric acquired
Weekend before last between the crazy sales at Jo-Ann’s with 30% off most of the quilting cotton selection and my additional 30% off total purchase coupon I knew this was the time to carpe fabric for the quilt of valor quilt. Problem is with sales like that I need an adult when going into that store.…
Quilt of Valor: Pre-planning phase
I’ll start out by saying that I’m a sucker for all things Moda Bake Shop. But something struck me when I came across the pattern for the Boho Vintage Star Quilt when browsing through the archives a few months ago; I thought that compared to many other patterns I’d seen it looked pretty quick and achievable…