ShirlinAZ

DH asked me to make a quilt for his friend who just had a second back surgery. DH specified the quilt should be OD green, reflect the friend's military career (disabled Vietnam vet), places he lived, and amateur (ham) radio. I wasn't quite sure how to get all that, so here is the result. I copied his rank insignia and enlarged it and we ordered the purple heart patch on line, then I machine appliqued them on the top. I used my Brother PE770 embroidery machine to put the gentleman's last name, retirement rank, and radio call sign on the top. The quilt is backed with camouflage fleece and it is all fmq'd with "hero" words, the countries where he was stationed, stars and hearts. I made a pillow case to match. I hope the gentleman likes it. What do you think?

Thanks for looking.

dcquilter

I think it's awesome! Well done!

Mariposa

Very neat! So many wonderful personal touches in this. What's not to love-??

Lisa_wanna_b_quilter

How could he not like it? It seems to be a perfect reflection of him. Good job.

brod71

I love it! I think your quilt looks awesome!

ruthrings

Fabulous! Thank you for doing it for him!

barny

I think it is just wonderful. How can such creativity come about? You all are such inventors of beauty. Love it.

Tartan

I think you did an outstanding job! Any vet would be proud to have that quilt.

NIICHMOM

I think you hit it right on the nose... thanks for sharing this with us.

tessagin

Looks awesome. I'm sure he'll be extremely pleased!