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Remember Their Service with Quilts

Tonight’s show and tell portion of the Mountain Quiltfest my sister and I are attending was awesome. The first quilt shown was a large flag that had pictures of veterans of past wars and the war in Iraq. It was a tribute to our military forces. The woman telling about the quilt had us all choking up at the thought that went into this beautiful quilt.

There is a quilt project for our men and women who are killed in the war. A quilt is made and given to each soldier’s family as a gesture of thanks for their sacrifice. The quilt is a replica of a utilitarian cot quilt that a Union or Confederate soldier use. Measuring seven feet long, four and a half feet wide, these would be rolled up and put in a soldiers pack for use in the field.

March 14th, 2008 Posted by karen in crafts and sewing |

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One Response to “ Remember Their Service with Quilts ”

# 1 valmg Says:
March 21st, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Those two quilts sound awesome, I bet they were amazing to look at.

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