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11-10-2012, 08:03 PM
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Reading through this I was thinking I could donate the brown/blue quilt I was going to give to my dh for Christmas but it sounds like you have it all worked out now. PM me if you decide you want it. It still needs to be quilted and bound.
11-10-2012, 09:25 PM
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Just saw your post tonight. If I can help, I know time maybe to late now, but if I can I would.
I have a mid-arm quilting machine, I'm not the best at it, but I'm not the worst either. ( or at least I Like to think so).
Good luck and PM if I can help!
I have a mid-arm quilting machine, I'm not the best at it, but I'm not the worst either. ( or at least I Like to think so).
Good luck and PM if I can help!
11-11-2012, 01:30 AM
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I've been thinking about this thread since I first read it. Why would anyone make a blanket 65" long for an adult male? I'm 5'4" and it would be too short for me. I want a bit under my feet and enough to pull up around my shoulders.
Who comes up with these measurements"? Even 6' would be short for most men.
Who comes up with these measurements"? Even 6' would be short for most men.
So in order to comply with military requirements on the beds being made in a proper fashion, nothing can hang down over the edges. Therefore the sizes of the quilts need to fall into the guidelines given.
Thank you again for everyone's help in getting these quilts out.
God bless.
11-11-2012, 01:41 AM
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It is the military that came up with the measurements. The quilt is to be a cot cover, it cannot hang down over the edges. Their blankets have to be tucked in all around their cot and the quilt could go on top. Again, these quilts are designed to help provide warmth but more importantly they are for the boys moral, to provide color and cheer, to show them our appreciation, to let them know they are not forgotten.
So in order to comply with military requirements on the beds being made in a proper fashion, nothing can hang down over the edges. Therefore the sizes of the quilts need to fall into the guidelines given.
Thank you again for everyone's help in getting these quilts out. God bless.
So in order to comply with military requirements on the beds being made in a proper fashion, nothing can hang down over the edges. Therefore the sizes of the quilts need to fall into the guidelines given.
Thank you again for everyone's help in getting these quilts out.
God bless.
11-11-2012, 05:29 AM
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No one mentioned the soldier's sleeping on too small cots.
11-11-2012, 05:39 AM
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11-11-2012, 06:35 AM
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Can this deadline be pushed back a few weeks? To give everyone involved the time to complete the projects without stressing out about it.One thing I have learned being a disabled person, is that sometimes a person simply can't get everything done as we would wish. As you say, in your post, your former DIL just decided to do this, why the short deadline. My advice, do what you can, but, don't wear yourself out in the process. Good luck!
11-11-2012, 09:30 AM
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So all the other families who have sent real quilts to their soldiers have had to give them up? Why make a quilt that only covers a portion of a cot? I read between the lines. If 6' hangs over, then the cot is smaller than 6'
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