Saturday, April 4, 2009

Quilt of Valor #2

These are the blocks I'm currently working on for my second QOV. Most of these strings were donated from New York (thanks, Pat!) and also used scraps from Louisiana, Montana, Indiana, and Ohio. I got the pattern idea from Mary (HeartStrings Quilt Project) on her website: maryquilts.com and is called The Patriotic Star.

http://www.maryquilts.com/patriotic-string-star

How fun is that? To send one wounded Soldier a quilt that came from all over the nation? The blocks have not been squared up, yet. Solid red strip blocks will go in the corners. Then I'm thinking about a row of whites/lights in Chinese Coins, then another row of blue.

13 comments:

Carol said...

It looks lovely. Cann't wait to see the finished article. Sounds like it will be gorgeous.

Michelle L. Momof11 said...

Nice! White chineses coins and then blue diagonal stings would be a very nice finish.

Michelle said...

That is absolutely fantastic!

Grandma said...

Hi Suz,

This one is a beauty. You do wonderful work.

Cindy in Seattle

Alycia~Quiltygirl said...

Gorgeous!!! Very nice quilt!

Alycia~Quiltygirl said...

Very Very nice quilt!! Great job putting all those scraps to work!

Nikki said...

Hi Susan...I just read that you changed your setting so here I am with my comment. Love your QOV. You have inspired me...
Thanks,
Nikki in Virginia

Melodie said...

I love this string quit! It has the look of a log cabin, but easier to make. I can't wait to see it finished.

Anonymous said...

Hi, Susan, your quilts are lovely! I especially love the way your QOV is turning out. I saw your post on the SB list about comments, so I hope this goes through OK. Take care -- Dianne B. in England

Anonymous said...

This is a test.... :) Pretty quilts!

sally warren said...

I love your quilts of valor! What a neat idea to use the string quilt but to make the star shape. I hadn't thought of that. Enjoyed your blog! I'm attempting to leave a comment with just me email as you requested via stashbusters. We'll see how it works. Sally in SC

Anonymous said...

This is Louisa from Stashbusters checking if you can receive this

Anonymous said...

Hi Susan,
Lovely blog. I'm from Stashbusters, and checking to see if this works.
Bestest, Annigje in Holland