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1st Amendment — Peaceful Assembly

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Peaceful Assembly   First Amendment  60 x 74 inches Quilt of Valor #266 Recent events promoted the name of this Quilt of Valor. Many people think the First Amendment of the US Constitution is only about Free Speech which guarantees the right of citizens to “petition the government for redress of grievances,” but that’s only part of its purpose: the amendment also guarantees the right of peaceful assembly - the right to protest.  The many scraps in this quilt show that a variety of fabrics and colors can create something beautiful, but they must be arranged in a unifying manner. Our country is the same. In order to move forward, Americans (citizens and leaders) must learn to work together as a cohesive unit: to peacefully assemble and work for the common good and voice our grievances so change can be made. It’s time to put Country ahead of Party. 
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Boxing Day

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Boxing Day 60 x 74 inches Quilt of Valor #265 RoseMarie A. (a friend and quilter) offered to make blocks if I’d supply the fabric. I gathered some yardage, the 5 inch square bin, and the 2.5 inch strip bin, and gave them to her. A short time later she returned a nearly empty 2.5 inch strip bin and a large stack (over 60) blocks of framed 5 inch squares. I gave the blocks a good press before squaring them, and began putting them on the design wall, using the layout that Pat ( Bell Creek Quilts ) recently posted.  Thanks to Pat and RoseMarie, Boxing Day was finished before the end of the year. 
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Olde Glory

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Olde Glory 63 x 75 inches Quilt of Valor #264 Olde Glory by Fabric Cafe has been on my list to make for over a year. Last week, I finally selected fabrics from my stash. It didn’t take me long to have the completed flimsy.  Most of the fabrics I used were donated by quilters downsizing their stash. Thanks to them, this quilt will be wrapped around a veteran. 
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On Patrol

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On Patrol 58 x 72 inches Quilt of Valor #263 Pattern: Call of the Wild Bison by Mountainpeek Creations — a similar version is available free on Bear Creek quilting . That version of the pattern only has one pieced border, but another one could easily be added on top of the panel.  The panel was purchased at Marshall Dry Goods as was the blue border fabric. I changed the layout of the pieced borders to create mountain peaks and widened the borders to meet QOV size requirements.
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Chain of Command

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Chain of Command 57 x 73 inches Quilt of Valor #262 These blocks were made with 2.5 inch strips from a scrap bin. Normally, I cut leftovers into various sizes for the scrap bins - 2.5” strips, 3.5”, 4.5,” 5”, and 6.5” squares. It saves a lot of time and space in my small sewing room.  I saw this block on KatyQuilts and knew it was perfect to reduce the piles of precut scraps. She called it Jelly Roll Chain: it’s a quick and easy block to make and can be made with any width of fabric strips. 
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Ever Vigilant

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Forever Vigilant   63 x 73 inches Quilt of Valor #261 No pattern was used for this framed panel quilt. The black frame is 2 inches finished; the red frame, 3 inches finished; the beige frame, 4 inches finished; the blue frame, 6 inches finished. Since the panel is so large, I felt it would make more of a statement on its own. 
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Revolutionary Knitting Needle

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Skacel Knitting Collection  Finally a needle you can count on! This new design features a Stitch Counting Sensor linked to your WiFi to help you stay on track. Whenever you’ve got too many or too few stitches for your row or round, you’ll be notified via email or text. The fiber optic Broadband Cable is flexible, pliable, and totally “wireless.” This revolutionary tool is available for a short time in select yarn shops.
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