Valor Quilts

Innovations 2010
September 15 - 18, 2010
Tacoma Convention Center
Tacoma, WA

Untitled
Pieced by: Ginny Ferrera

Quilted by: Lynn Beck, Fontana, CA

detail of quilt

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Innovations is proud to announce that both

Quilts of Valor & American Hero Quilts

will be part of the Innovations Quilt Show.

The goal is to have a longarm machine (or two) set up in the Quilt Show area of Innovations. Quilt tops, batting, backing and thread will be provided and
we encourage everyone to come and quilt for a while.
As more details are confirmed they will be posted on this page.

Photos of Patriotic Quilts

Quilts of Valor

What is a Quilt of Valor? A Quilt of Valor is a hand-made tribute awarded to a service member injured in War on Terror primarily in Iraq and Afghanistan, consisting of a lap-sized, pieced, quilt-top, batting and backing, assembled by volunteer quilt-toppers and longarmers, and awarded to injured recipients in and out of military hospitals around the world.

For more information on this project visit the Quilts of Valor website at www.qovf.org.

For more information, or to help coordinate this project contact
June Moore at 509-346-9332

American Hero Quilts

American Hero Quilts are handmade quilts given to wounded service men and women returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Our goal is to assure that every injured service member who is either stationed in or from the Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Oregon area receive a "hug" of appreciation. In keeping with our tradition, these hugs are exceptional patriotic, heirloom quality quilts. All quilts are made and quilted by many generous volunteers.

For more information go to www.americanheroquilts.com

For more information, or to help coordinate or donate to this project contact helpinghands@americanheroquilts.com

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A PERSONAL NOTE: As the wife of a Vietnam Veteran and with a son-in-law who has been in Iraq for nearly a year, I highly recommend helping in any way with either Quilts of Valor or American Hero Quilts. Regardless of your views and opinions of the War on Terrorism, let's help to support our service members and their families.

Cindy Roth, Innovations Organizer

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Patriotic Quilt Photos

You may have noticed that at the top of each page on this website is a different photo of prize winning quilts from Innovations 2006 and Innovations 2007. For this page, I decided that a more patriotic quilt was needed. I put the call out to quilters on several internet chat lists for photos of patriotic quilts. I received several photos and I decided to make an "album" of them.

If you have photos of patriotic quilts or photos of quilts you have donated to either American Hero Quilts or Quilts of Valor and would like to see them on this website, send them as a .jpeg email attachment to Innovations Webmaster. In your email please include permission to have them on this website.

Click on the photo to see a larger view.


	ABOVE: Proud to Be An American By Delaine Gately made for the WSQ challenge 2005

Red Sky Rising By Delaine Gately	Flag Quilt By Delaine Gately originally a tee shirt, the other fabric is silk	Coast Guard Quilt By Aldrora Howe in 1942 for her son Robert while he was serving in the Pacific during WWII

Pieced by: Ginny Ferrera Quilted by: Lynn Beck, Fontana CA. This is the larger view of the photo at the top of the page.	Chain of Stars Pieced and quilted by: Sharon Tucker Grass Valley, OR

Pieced by Mrs Riness Quilt Top Assembled by Platte Valley 2nd grade class Kersey,CO Quilted by Alycia Carmin Presented to Chaplain Cartee Evan Military Hospital ( 5/2/07) Fort Carson CO	Pieced by Platte Valley 5th Grade Quilted by Alycia Carmin Presented to Evans Military Hospital Fort Carson CO	Carnation Stars Pieced and quilted by: Janice Cutting Warner, NH

Pieced By Alycia and Colby Carmin ( the little guy in the picture) Quilted by Alycia Carmin Presented to Chaplain Cartee at Evans Military Hopsitla ( 5/2/07)	Pieced and quilted by: Judy Fry This quilt was donated to Quilts of Valor and went to the VA Hospital in Los Angeles, CA	This quilt was pieced by Jo Stauffer Lititz, Pennsylvania. Machine quilted by Kristin Bowyer Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania

This patriotic appliqué quilt was pieced and appliquéd by Karen Z. Kryschtal of Manhattan, Kansas. Machine quilted by Kristin Bowyer of Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania.	Pieced and appliquéd by Karen Kryschtal Quilted by Kristin Bowyer Detail of the quilt shown at the left.