Miss Betty & I have taken a bit of a snooze for the beginning of this New Year as far as quilting goes BUT, that is about to change! We've actually been super-busy trying to get a whole bunch of Quilts of Valor quilt tops finished up, bordered out and ready for quilting. Here are a few we started out with. You may recognize the first one - it's one of our
Doris's from our
December, 2015 East Central IL QOV meeting:
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| Doris's Camo Flag QOV quilt top - turned out really special, we think! |
We knew as soon as we saw this QOV quilt top -
designed and created by Doris herself, that it should be finished out w/matching fabrics in the borders:
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| Some of Moda's "Land of the Free Because of the Brave" fabrics |
Sewing on those gorgeous border fabrics:
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| Adding the first RED marbled border to Doris's Camo Flag QOV |
Next is a
Quilt of Valor top created by another one of our
Valued QOVF Volunteers, Patti. We came up 11/2 yards short of the same color RED for the outside perimeter border and binding. I've spent the better part of the past 6 months searching online/offline fabric shops trying to find this RED.
Last week while doing some New Year's sorting/cleaning of my personal fabric stash, I came across more than enough to finish!
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| Newly found RED to finish out this QOV of Patti's |
And it turned out stunning, if I say so myself - just perfect!:
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| Patti's stunning bordered out Quilt of Valor top - all ready to be quilted! |
The final one in this first group is one of my own creation. Anyone who's followed my blog for ANY length of time knows I adore RED/White/Blue quilts and this one fits that bill nicely...including another fav, a touch of denim ;-)
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| Denim Stars & Stripes borders |
And the finish of this neat Quilt of Valor top:
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| Denim Stars & Stripes QOV quilt top - soon to be quilted! |
Finished up the QOV Mystery Quilt just last Friday:
And of course we're STILL working on the Allietare Mystery, one of which you'll remember will be used as one of our
2016 East Central IL QOV fundraisers:
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| 48+ Gold Star Allietare blocks - just a few more to go! |
These are just the first of
MANY Quilt of Valor quilt tops that will be getting finished/bordered out and
ALL ready to quilt over the next few weeks!
UPDATE 2/11/2016: another NEAT finish of one of our
Doris's Quilt of Valor quilt top:
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| Adding those borders! |
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| Really like how this QOV turned out! |
Another of our Doris's original pattern design for this Quilt of Valor ALL bordered out - turned out so eye-catching...love ALL the wonderful patriotic fabrics in this one:
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| Patriotic fabrics in this 'Doris Original' Quilt of Valor |
For now, time to get back to it...
Btw -
Happy Belated NEW Year!
~Deb
