This past weekend I was able to join up with my quilting group. We meet once a month and quilt for our wounded soldiers. It really is a fun time to get together and quilt for a cause.

A couple months ago, I was working on a Mary Engelbreit quilt for myself using charm packs. I ended up with a lot of left over squares in colors that I didn't need.

Now this is a no-no in the quilting world, but I was thinking of tossing them. sshh....don't tell anybody. lol Anyways, I ended up realizing that they would make a great baby quilt! Not only does my group make patriotic quilts but they also make baby quilts for their families.

So, I ended up sewing together a quilt top using these fun fabric squares. Not being able to do the machine quilting part, a lovely lady and friend of mine from my group took it home for me, quilted it and even added the binding. She did a great job!

I'm so excited because this last meeting, I was able to find out where this blanket was going! :) It is the first quilt that I have made that is going to a soldiers family. This baby blanket along with the lovely patriotic quilt below is going to a very special local family. This soldier came home wounded and woke up from a coma finding out that he was missing both of his limbs and that his wife just had their baby. They are having a homecoming celebration for him and will be presenting his family with these 2 quilts.

It is so fun and exciting to see these quilts we make go to such special families who put their life on the line for us and our country. What special men and women in the service we have.