Freedom Day 1
March 8, 2003

Kathleen Stuart was one of the volunteers who helped make the first Freedom Day a success. We completed 15 quilts and many kits were taken to be made at home. The Carson Valley Quilt Guild members are also working on this project.
Click on heart to view photos from the second Freedom Day, March 15, 2003

Lorice made these beautiful hand painted pins for the volunteers. This really made us feel special.
About 50 quilts is our goal to be completed and sent by the end of March. Everyone who has helped has shown such a wonderful enthusiasm for the work.
Get Ready. Set. Go! Karen gives the pep talk.
Susan Willmett, working as "back up." She also cooked the chili and baked the cookies. Susan is in charge of collecting the names and addresses of service men and women who will receive the finished quilts.

Peggy Lallament supervises the "putting it all together" stage of quilt making. For many this was the first time they had seen how a quilt is completed and they were surprised to get this far in the process in one day.

 
Piecing together the borders. Ruth and Renee lay out the pieces to see what the quilt will look like before starting the sewing.
Karen and Mary Beth pick out pre-cut pieces to make a kit for a quilt top.

Quilters in action. Mary and Cheryl are busy piecing together their quilt tops. The quilt on the wall shows the finished quilt with the heart label reading,

"To America's sons and daughters,with love from America's mothers. Operation Quilts, 2003."

 

"How many quilters does it take to thread a bobbin?"

On these antique Singers it may take more than one!

 

 

The fabrics are all red, white, and blue... but I want just the right one to go in my quilt.

 

Sadie and her grandmother work together on the top piece.

 

Sadie came with her grandmother, Donna. They sewed on a gorgeous vintage blue Singer machine and had a great day putting together Sadie's first quilt.

 

 

Sadie (age 11) shows off her first completed quilt top.

Quilting is a craft for all ages.

 

Checking the construction of the samples.

 

Karin and Laura are still smiling after several hours of work. It's always more fun when we work together.

 

Jan and Mary Beth are sewing together 1 1/2 inch strips to make the Log Cabin corners for the quilts. Quilters are often teased for cutting perfectly good fabric up in tiny pieces just so they can sew them together again!