Sewing Quilts of Valour for Remembrance Day

[@marybeth4002]

What a beautiful message to all of us (Canada and US) reminding us of the importance of recognizing all veterans. Thank you for everything you do - you have a good soul.

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks Mary Beth! I really appreciate it. Thanks for watching.

[@arvettadelashmit9337]

❤❤❤ I was in the Women's Army Corps (1966-1969). Thank you for remembering them.

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thank you Arvetta! Everyone's service should be remembered and treasured for the gift it is.

[@LauraSup]

I live in the US but I appreciate the immense sacrifice that the women and men that have served our countries! In my humble opinion, we should be thanking them on a daily basis! I love that you spoke not only to the Canadian Veterans but also the Veterans of the United States! I have a Quilt of Valor in the planning stages for my nephew who was injured in Afghanistan and had to be medically discharged because of his injuries. Thank you for taking the time to acknowledge these service members and for sharing how you recognize their service!❤🇨🇦🇺🇸

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks so much Laura! I'm sure your nephew will love his quilt and appreciate all the heartfelt thanks and effort that go into making it.

[@carlahellwege7663]

Each of these are stunning. I’m so thankful for the service and sacrifice of all of our veterans, in Canada and the USA. I’d love the written pattern for what you were working on and look forward to the Mathemagical video. God bless those who give their all.

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks Carla! It's such an important day and I wanted to call attention to it to help others remember. I hope to have the pattern and video for Mathemagical out this week.

[@jeandryja6992]

Hi Michelle, Beautiful quilts and beautiful thoughts.

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks Jean! I had hoped to add some more lines from Laurence Binyon and from the poem In Flanders Field, but couldn't get through it. Remembrance Day and the ceremonies we have been able to attend over the years are always really powerful for me. Thanks for watching.

[@sherylsolcan8354]

Thank you for showing us your contribution to Quilts of Valour , it is a wonderful program for those that have served their country. I am sure the recipients will appreciate them, small hugs. Please share your pattern.

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks Sheryl! Give me a few weeks to get the pattern together and check my website at: www.bitsandpiecesquilting.com. Thanks for watching.

[@GlynisReynolds]

What a wonderful idea 🤩 Your quilts are going to provide fabulous hugs for the veterans 🥰 Looking forward to seeing you making them 👏👏🇬🇧

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks Glynis! I had a good day sewing yesterday and made good progress. Thanks for watching.

[@margaretchristy6724]

Quilts of Valor is very important to our family. We made and awarded 14 quilts on Veterans Day.

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Oh Wow! Margaret - that's AMAZING!!!! What an honour it must have been to award so many. Thank you for your contribution.

[@patriciamoller3060]

Dear Michille, x l do so enjoy listening to your tutorials , so many wise words , l scribble many notes , they help me alot , Big thankyou

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks so much Patricia! I appreciate your support.

[@mike1968442]

I’m a USNavy veteran. I made my own quilt of valor. I have mine hanging in my foyer!

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Hi Sally! What a great reminder of years that I'm sure were a mix of wonderful and terrible, rewarding and difficult. Thank you for your contributions.

[@suzannejambon4736]

Beautiful tribute! Thank you for sharing!

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks Suzanne. Remembrance Day is such an important day and I wanted to use my little corner of the Internet to raise awareness and share my thoughts. Thanks for watching.

[@kathleenswan4184]

Really grabs my heart!

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks Kathleen. It was hard to film the last bit and I had hoped to add a bit more from Laurence Binyon and from John McCrae's In Flanders Fields, but couldn't get it out.

[@johnwong7206]

I too have been tasked with making quilts of valor, two are in the works at the moment. Looking forward to your mathological quilt pattern. Thanks for your video, there are many veterans in my life.

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks John. I hope to get the Mathemagical video and pattern out later this week. And thrilled to hear you are also working on Quilts of Valour / Valor quilts. Thanks for your contributions!

[@peggygunderson5578]

Beautiful quilts

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks Peggy!

[@h2odoglover108]

Beautiful!!! 🇨🇦Thank you for designing, creating and gifting these beautiful pieces to Quilts of Valour. 🇨🇦

[@bitspiecesquilting]

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[@marciablum2089]

Yes, Please!! I would love it if you could write up a pattern for us!!! You do such wonderful work!

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks so much Marcia! I'll write it up soon and post it to my website: www.bitsandpiecesquilting.com. Give me a couple of weeks - I have a few other things in progress at the moment. Thanks for watching.

[@ShadowMoonFarms]

Michelle, Stunningl quilts.as you always do. You have a talent for putting "bits and pieces: together beautifully. Thanks for sharing.

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks Cynthia! I love the challenge of digging into scraps and turning them into something beautiful and useful!

[@bethkoch11]

Hi MIchelle! Beautiful quilts; I love all that fabric, the colors are so rich! I'm looking forward to the Mathemagical pattern! I have a kit very similar to your Falling Leaves pattern, but my pattern is called "Autumn in Flight" by Pine Tree Country Quilts which I got from Jordan Fabrics. I can't wait to see yours when it's completed. And above all, since it's Veterans Day here in the US, I remember and honor my Dad, who served in the Pacific Theater in WW2.

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks so much Beth!

[@Sewwithdebee]

Yes please I recently was gifted two kits and would love to do with a more dramatic design - ❤

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks Debee! I'll see what I can come up with!

[@susannenadeau9894]

❤ to see a pattern!

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks Susanne! Give me a few weeks to get it written up and check my website - www.bitsandpiecesquilting.com. Thanks for watching.

[@LauraMiller-m6i]

Yes, I would be interested in the pattern you said you could right using the bordered 5" centers. I live in Alabama and have made many QOV tops that a friend has quilted for QOV US.

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Hi Laura - thanks for your comment and thank-you for contributing to Quilts of Valor. I'll put the pattern together soon, and likely make a short video to accompany it. Thanks for watching.

[@lindaramadori4655]

🥰🥰🥰

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks Linda!!

[@KimBolduc-j4y]

I would.ove to get the pattern and a kit if it’s available! Can you tell me where I can order it! Thank you for sharing, it’s a beautiful quilt!

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Hi Kim - not sure if it is still available, but you could check the Quilts of Valour Canada web site. www.quiltsofvalour.ca

[@KimBolduc-j4y]

@ Thank you!

[@LindaGoins-v2q]

yes pattern please. thank you

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thanks Linda. Coming soon. Thanks for watching.

[@newbeequilter]

With your choking up a little at the end, I'm guessing you had loved ones who were fatally wounded or died immediately in a war for your country of Canada. Or perhaps you're just a very caring person who realizes and appreciates those who fought for honorable causes and that's why you chose to not only make these quilts, but also a video to also remind the rest of us to honor those service people who did. Either way, thank you for these unselfish acts.

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Thank you! We have many family members and friends who have been or are part of various armed forces (Canadian, Australian, American etc.). We have also be privileged to attend a number of Remembrance Day events and I am always moved to tears by the various poems and readings that call on us to remember.

[@Lehcar1]

I believe it was written by Laurence binyon who was English not American. “ at the going down of the sun…..”

[@bitspiecesquilting]

Oh gosh - you are right. I don't know why I thought he was American. They are such powerful words and verses. My apologies for the error.