Volunteer Quilting and Cross Stitching Projects for Our Service Men & Woman

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                   “Volunteer Quilting and Cross Stitching Projects for our Service Men & Woman”

January is usually quite time. We do not get to go out because of the weather snowy roads

or it is icy cold. Where you need Eskimo coats to stay warm. For many of us ladies it is time to clean or finish projects we started months ago.

Projects I am referring too are knitting, quilting or cross stitching. There are many projects

out there to help for charity or others. The one I will talk about in this article is for the Military.

They serve in the icy cold of Afghanistan or hot places like Iraq. They serve in Korea or Japan too to even here in our United States.

There are many projects to help with the wounded like quilted blankets when they come home

to rehab their wounds etc… to keep them warm.

There are other projects to help families of deceased soldiers who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom. I do realize they are not getting the media coverage as previous years but there are so many who died whose families look forward to receiving a quilted blanket in his/her honor or cross stitched sampler done by hand or by machine. Here are few places to check out that need our help and dedications to make sure every family who lost a soldier get one.

Some of these quilts or cross stitch samplers may take few months to year to complete. The letters and families asking for memorial are still coming in. There are some from year 2004 who family have not received anything yet.

This is the perfect time to show your warm, compassion and love to these families who gave so much to our country in the past and in the future.

See below for this of places you can sign up and help by donating time, money or fabric or yarn.

Teenagers and schools are welcome at some these places.

This is what Freedom is all about.

American Soldier Memorial Project… who work together to support our troops, our veterans, and our military families. … sewing projects, tole painting, tatting, cross stitching, embriodery, many … http://groups.yahoo.com/group/americansoldiermemorial

Soldiers‘ Angels – Soldiers‘ Angels: http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=85&cntnt01returnid=15  The project started with the idea for a smaller memorial just for Nalley, but … K-9 Support – Caring for military working dogs and their handlers …

soldiersangels.org/

 Shelbyville Times-Gazette: News : Military:  http://www.t-g.com/story/1451823.html  for the American Soldier Memorial and No Soldier Left Behind Memorial projects. … his current military obligations are completed, a Shelbyville soldier plans to …www.t-g.com/topic/military

The Yellow-Ribbons Project – Quilters helping America: Cross Stitch Dove Pattern. Four Free Patriotic quilt patterns … 9/11 Projects. The WTC Memorial Quilt Project. American Spirit Quilt Project. Quilts for America …www.yellow-ribbons.com

Operation Homefront Quilts: http://westpascoquilters.org/ohfq.htm

Home of the Brave Quilt Project: http://www.homeofthebravequilts.com/

American Hero Quilts: http://www.yellow-ribbons.com/

All text, descriptions, and pictures used here by Lee Ness are owned and copywrited by Lee Ness  and my not be used without the express written permission of Lee Ness!

Thank you for reading my article.

Have a wonderful day.

Sincerely Lee Ness