My First QOV Quilt Has a Home!

Last spring, Kay Miller of Quilts of Valor - Southern Indiana asked if Shiisa Quilts would be willing to host a monthly Quilts of Valor work session.  I've been interested in QOV for a long time, but just hadn't found the time to get it organized here.  Kay's request put it all together for me!  I have the space, and we can make the time -- and she would do all of the organization (including bringing dinner for participants!)  

I have a couple of QOV in my UFO stack, waiting to be quilted mostly...  but I finally finished one a few weeks ago - just in time for Kay's latest trip to Bethesda Naval Hospital.  On this trip Kay delivered 19(!) quilts!  

   This quilt is from one of our pre-cut Take 5 Kits.  Fabric is from Kona Bay Fabrics.  I pieced it and did some of the quilting on our BERNINA 830E embroidery machine.  Lisa Dodson finished the free-motion quilting on the B830.  

When we give a QOV, we never know if we'll get the information about the recipient.  Because our quilts go to Bethesda, they usually go to young service members who are in the early stages of recovery from significant and truly life-altering injuries.  

This quilt found a home with LCPL Joshua Misiewicz of La Grange, IL.  Josh is pictured here with YNC(Ret) Kay Miller, his parents, and CAPT LaSota

Here's another picture of LCPL Misiewicz that shows him on duty in Afghanistan.  

I'm so glad that my first QOV went to a young man who can share a high-five with a child while he's on patrol!  

If you're interested in joining us for QOV, we meet the last Tuesday of each month at about 6pm.  

If you'd like to learn how to quilt and are willing to donate your first quilt to one of our veterans, you might be interested in our Under Our Wings Learn to Quilt program!