Home of the Brave Quilt Project

On her October 3rd post, C. of "A Simple Quilter" wrote of a project called "Home of the Brave Quilt Project". This humanitarian effort provides quilts for the grieveing families who have lost a soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan. C. of Ohio put out a request for 9 patch blocks. If we provide the blocks, she will put them together in a quilt. Ohio has lost 186 soldiers so far, and not all have received a quilt.
I belong to a small little group of quilters at our church. We meet once a month and usually work on our own projects. But this month we wanted to support our Ohio soldiers.
If you have a desire to help with this project, go to A Simple Quilter's site (see my side bar). I'm sure she would appreciate any contribution.
First we cut strips 3 1/2 inches long. C. requested the fabrics have a Civil War type look, with muslin in the centers.

Ann and Doris. Ann was the main contributor to this project. She made more 9 patch blocks than anyone else. Thanks Ann for all your help.

Lucille contributed all the muslin centers, along with making the blocks.

Melissa did a lot of the ironing for us. Many hands make light work.

We completed a total of 52 blocks, and I mailed them off today. We send our love from Utah to Ohio.

While we were sewing, a few ladies brought show and tell.

Melissa just finished this Halloween quilt.

Ann made this Christmas quilt as a block of the month. Then she decided it just wasn't her taste. She gave it to her good friend Sherri. Wow. What a nice gift!

Sherri still needs to add buttons and embellishments.