19 Sep

What a month this has been! I am so proud of our group. You may not know that we have 30 CVQA Quilts of Valor committee members plus eight more that make stuff but don't belong to the guild. They have long distances to drive, daytime jobs, and lives that are full. One of these is Luci. Her sister Joanne was visiting from Texas, and they wanted some quilts to practice on while Joanne was visiting, so I went to the center to collect quilts for them and Amanda Picard...

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19 Aug

Things are really hopping for Quilts of Valor – by the end of August we will have presented 70 quilts! And I have presentations already scheduled through January of 2027. Keep up the good work! I don't usually share details about QOV; but I will share this, keeping the names private: Several months ago, a guild member told me that she was making a quilt and would give it to me for QOV when she finished. About five months ago a veteran and friend contacted me about recognizing one of his...

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19 Jun

If you picked up a red, white, and blue kit at our June meeting to make a 12 1/2" x 12 1/2" block for the Quilts of Valor team, please bring your completed block to the July 7 meeting. If your kit included instructions for the Braced Star Variation Two block, you may be missing the templates. Just click on the following link and look at the top right corner of page 1. There you will find a link to the templates. https://www.quilterscache.com/B/BracedStarVariationTwoBlock.html If you were not able to pick up a kit...

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19 Jun

I hope the program at the June meeting was good for everybody. Thank you all for the kind words and surprises. I was a nervous wreck, but I thought Maureen (Prester-Henry) did a great job with her presentations to Eli and David. It seems like things went well for our veterans, so: “mission accomplished.” During the talk I mentioned how the Quilts of Valor program makes a "spider web" and our goal is to assist in that. That reminds me of a spider web story that occurred on May 29. I...

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19 May

Usually the heaviest months for the Quilts of Valor Committee are May and November, but this year has been different. We have had presentations throughout the first four months, and we even have requests for November already. It is going to be a good year for all of us! In April we had two different presentations: one at Vet Court and one at the Nolensville Coffee Club, where a WWII veteran was honored. He is 91 years old and was thrilled at your efforts. In May we had a presentation at...

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18 Mar

It has been a busy, busy time for our Quilts of Valor group! We had a presentation at Vet Court on February 23, and a presentation on February 12 at a church in Spring Hill. We’ve been so busy, we ran completely out of batting but got more ordered and delivered. Pam also selected some new backing fabrics as we were getting very low. I ordered more new folders for the certificates and bought more bags to put the quilts in for you guys to work on. Pam has done...

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19 Jan

We presented 131 Quilts of Valor in 2025 – thank you all. I’ve received several thank you's and thought I would share two with you. The first, a vet that Jan recognized at a DAR pinning ceremony wrote, "The quilt I received is absolutely beautiful and I will treasure it for the rest of my life." The second came from the group that Kathleen awarded in Naples, Florida, at her RV camp: "Dear Quilts of Valor team, we are deeply touched and wish to express our sincere gratitude and admiration for your...

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21 Dec

Sometimes we are burning the candle at both ends, and that is the case for the QOV committee! This is a combination report for both November and December: In November, we had a presentation for a group of veterans identified by the Spring Hill DAR group, and it was amazing! On November 17, Sandy Cole and Pam DeLong did a presentation at a nursing home for seven veterans. We had a presentation at Vet Court that Pam did because I was at a retreat. (I learned a lot and had...

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17 Oct

It has been an interesting time for us: We had a graduation at Vet Court on September 22. Eileen and Joyce attended with me to wrap the graduates in their quilts. There was a full house with lots of distinguished guests and the graduates loved their quilts. Thank you for supporting this noble cause. I supplied a bunch of quilts to Kathleen Hardin that she will present in November at her RV campground in Florida. We had a booth at Vet Fest on October 4, and presented six quilts to...

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24 Sep

At the historic courthouse in Franklin on September 22, our precious Pat McMahon was presented this beautiful plaque from the Veterans Treatment Court and the local American Legion post. It was a beautiful afternoon of honor for many veterans at the 10th anniversary of the Court, which culminated in the presentation for Pat, and she got a standing ovation! Of course, she passes the recognition on to all the quilters who make the Quilts of Valor, but without her faithful leadership and organization, we would not reach the hundreds of veterans...

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