Home of The Brave
by Patricia L. Cummings
photos by James Cummings
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[Quilt Care - Audio File]
James Cummings and I are proud to have been first to prepare a step-by-step set of directions for the quilt block that was chosen by Donald Beld, the organizer of the Home of the Brave quilt charity project. We have supported the program in many other ways, including writing information about the Home of the Brave project that was published in The Quilter magazine. We have also made quilt blocks, as well as finishing one quilt top that was created by another individual, into a quilt.
At this point in time, countless people have downloaded that particular file for making a block. This has been a tremendous outpouring of effort and concern by quilters to reach out to family members who have lost a loved one.
We support our troops, and the grieving family members who have lost someone in the War on Terror. However, we do wish that the war in Iraq would end, and that our American soldiers would come home, safe and sound, and be out of harm's way.
Charitable Quilts to Families of the Fallen
"We will not forget" block by Patricia Cummings
Directions for making a quilt block like the one above appear on this page: Home of the Brave Quilt Project. If you can make even one quilt block to donate, it would be greatly appreciated. Finished quilts made by volunteers are given to families who have lost a military member in Iraq or Afghanistan. Thank you.
Pattern for Sanitary Commission Reproduction Block for Home of the Brave Quilt Project, prepared by Patricia Cummings, photos by James Cummings.
Related History Information from the Civil War: A reprint of the Sanitary Commission article in Peterson's Magazine-1863.
Ohio's Nine Patch Quilt Project for the Home of the Brave Project, Photos and Directions
“To The Top” Quilt Project: Keeping Private First Class Evan W. O’Neill’s Memory Alive
Quilter's Muse Publications, Concord, NH. pat@quiltersmuse.com