Quilts of Valor 2023 Kick-off! Join us in honoring service men and women touched by war.
We are honored to be a QOV-registered shop and welcome our customers to join the effort to top last year's 27 quilts awarded (and donate extra blocks to help the national effort! There are over 2,000 quilts waiting to be awarded nationally!)
A Quilt of Valor® is our award to Service Members and Veterans who have been touched by war. It says, “Thank you for your service and sacrifice in serving our nation.”
You can donate a single block (or many!) or an entire quilt top - both of our shop locations are participating. You may also donate a fully completed quilt to this effort! This is a wonderful project for guilds and retreat friends!
Blocks:
Quilts:
The recommended size of a Quilt of Valor is 60″ x 80″; it must be a minimum of 55″ x 65″ and a maximum of 72″ x 90.
We recommend donating blocks or quilt tops (or entire completed quilts) before labor day weekend so there's plenty of time for fall piecing, longarming, and binding.
If you'd like to help piece donated blocks (or longarm or put on binding), please let us know by emailing shopthesewinghouse@gmail.com to be added to a volunteer list.
JOIN OUR QOV FB GROUP!
We welcome you to join The Sewing House Quilts of Valor Volunteer group on Facebook. It's a great place to ask questions and see last year's photos!
After Labor Day, we'll ask volunteer team captain to help us sort blocks, make "piecing kits" and September will be a time to put together blocks for longarming by early October.
How to help - Choose Your Fabric and Patterns
2. A Quilt of Valor does not have to be red, white, and blue, but patriotic colors are very popular with recipients.
3. Patterns and blocks can be of any design suitable for a patriotic theme. The QOV site has FREE PATTERNS.
4. Avoid juvenile, gender or branch-specific fabrics, unless the recipient is known to you.
Use the official website to nominate someone. www.QOVF.org
To view more images of our last QOV presentation, check out our Facebook photo album for 2022 HERE.
Photos from 2021 HERE.