Veterans Quilt

2024 - VETERANS QUILT

Exhibited in the 2024 CT Piecemakers Quilt Show
held at St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church in Orange, CT

(Approx. size 54" x 54")

I have been working for years on this Veterans Quilt to honor some of the men in my family who have served our country during a time of war. There are four Marines shown on this quilt, three Army veterans, one Navy veteran and one Army Air Corps veteran. (Later, the AAC became the USAAF.)

The four surrounded by gold stars had already passed away when I began the quilt. My husband, David, who died in 1986 at the age of 44, (upper center) is one of these four. His great-uncle, Frank Millington, received the Purple Heart Medal during World War I. Because I didn't have a picture of Frank, I scanned the front and back of his medal which was passed down to my late husband. The back of the Purple Heart Medal has Frank's name engraved on it. (middle-center).  My father, Arthur  Mott (center, left) and my uncle Charles J. "Joe" Hughes were both deceased when I started the quilt.

2008 Update: Since I created this quilt, both my brothers-in-law, Jim Wilson (US Army - lower center) 

and Jim Gregory (USMC- lower left) have since passed away.

2010 Update:  My late husband's cousin, Myron Hardy (US Army - upper left) passed away this year.

2013 Update:  My beloved uncle, Arthur "Artie" Hughes (USAAF - upper right) passed away in February 2013.

2024 Update:  Every time I thought I was finished with this quilt, I would notice something I didn't like and I had to take it apart and change it.  I tried to find pictures of each person in uniform but I wasn't able to do that for two of them.  Sometimes, I had to take a finished block apart because I found a picture in uniform later on.  Then, I didn't like the sashing material I had previously used so I took the quilt apart again!  Originally, I used treated fabric sheets and printed the pictures using an inkjet printer.  The original photo blocks looked OK, but by now I had discovered how beautiful photographs came out when I had them printed on cotton fabric by an online company called Spoonflower. So, I had all of the photographs printed over again!  The photos are now truly permanent and will not wash out or fade over time. This quilt was a truly labor of love and I am very satisfied with the way it finally turned out.