Quilts of Valor

Before my surgery last month I completed a quilt to enter into the 'second tour' quilt of valor contest, that was being held locally.  After seeing the other entries I knew I didn't stand a chance.  There were 4 winnings available and I was completely surprised when my quilt came in 3rd.  I won 25 yards of patriotic material....plenty to make a few more quilts for our local veterans.  It will be a while before I can quilt again but when I can, I plan to quilt a least a couple more.

Here's my entry

New Creative Activities

Haven't been into my blog for over a year, or posted in 2 so thought I would try to put an update together.  I haven't quit doing cards or Close To My Heart scrapbooking but my interests have turned to "scrapping with materiel" instead of paper.  Some of my latest creations.  I bought a longarm quilting machine from a friend and fellow quilter, another friend helped me get started with my own 'design' and I just started from there.  I've got about 6 more quilt ideas lined up and have started on one.  I'll have to pause it for awhile so I can get my 'Christmas' stuff done first.  Maybe next year I'll have more to show....keep checking back for updates.