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What a wonderful few weeks we have had. A group of ladies from Forsyth Montana drove all the way here to help me catch up on the quilts. The weather was lovely and we got so many quilts labeled and just general straightening up. The weather was amazing. Thanks so much for your hard work.… Continue reading All Good News

We have been really busy this summer which is always interesting. People wanting to garden and vacation usually put quilting on the back burner. This year it seems more people are realizing that the need for quilts doesn’t diminish at any time of year. We are thrilled to be keeping up with demand, with help… Continue reading messages from Afghanistan

We are excited to be participating in The Everett Quilt Show. The name of the show is “Reflections of a Quilter.” Mark your calendars. They are having an evening event April 26th. It will be a lovely gala and micro workshops on how to examples. The show will be April 27th and 28th from 10:00… Continue reading Everett Quilt Show

Yesterday we got the most wonderful letter from the 455th EXP Mission Support Group. Since we send the quilts and we occasionally hear from someone who got one we always hope they fulfill their mission of metaphoric hugs and support for our service men and women. It is so nice when we hear that the… Continue reading Wonderful letter from the 455th EXP Mission Support Group

Happy New Year.  It is always difficult to write this blog both because I feel like I do not have much to say and it would seem I am constantly having to delete so many spam messages that I sometimes dread coming here. However, I have the good fortune to meet or correspond with so… Continue reading Happy New Year

Sometimes we make the quilts, imagine where they will go and then we are on to the next one. Recently we got two letters that reminded me that the quilts can do so much more for families. We have posted both letters on our website but I thought it would be important to share with… Continue reading Letters from families

Lately we have had a dramatic upswing in quilt requests. We try to honor all requests. It became quite frightening to realize that we had given out over two hundred quilts recently and as usual, there is a slump right before the holidays. We had a reserve of less than twenty quilts. On Thursday November… Continue reading I believe in miracles

Lately I have been thinking about continuity. One example is people count on me to let them know what is going on with American Hero Quilts. It feel as though I have nothing new to say on that score. It feels like the same things happen year after year. This started me thinking about what… Continue reading continuity and change

Yesterday was the first day of spring. It was hard to tell that given the soggy state of affairs here in the Pacific Northwest. We have had the most wonderful visitors here in the last two weeks. Two weeks ago Sam and Betsy came to pick up the last quilt for the Capt. Joseph house.… Continue reading Spring is here?

I have been remiss in not updating this blog more often. It seems that time just gets away from me. I wanted to take the time to thank all our volunteers for all your hard work quilting and the monetary donations, people have been so generous with their time and money. You are all the… Continue reading Happy New Year