Attn: Clark 4-Star Quilters - "With Gratitude in Every Stitch" (WaPo)
Submitted by Knightrider on January 31, 2007 - 8:20pm.
4 Star Quilts | Injured and Wounded Soldiers | Iraq war | Walter Reed Army Hospital
Here's a great story for the 4-Star Quilters, particularly marinerfan, Sybil Libery, LJM (... and who did I forget to mention?) :/
This morning I read the Washington Post, and on the front page of its Metro section, I saw this picture and read its article. The pic is copied this from WaPo's online photo album, but one quilt caught my eye (yellow arrow). In the very least, it's similar to CCN's, marinerfan's quilts, or is it one of hers? :)
Regardless, it's a terrific article that honors the quilters, as well as our injured soldiers and their families both in Iraq and Afghanistan.
With Gratitude In Every StitchAt Walter Reed, Wounded Troops Find Comfort in Donated Quilts
By Jura KonciusWashington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 31, 2007; Page B01
The carefully packed boxes stack up daily in the chaplain's quarters at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, about 50 a week. The instructions read simply: "Please give this to a soldier." Chaplain John L. Kallerson, an Army major, gently opens each one and places the contents around his windowless office. Then he lays his big hands on the piles and says a blessing.
His is the ministry of the quilts.
A phone call to the chaplain four years ago has created a national movement to say thank you to soldiers wounded in the war on terror.
More than 7,900 "comfort quilts," each carefully stitched with love and gratitude, have been sent through the Quilts of Valor Foundation to the wounded soldiers at Walter Reed and 70 other U.S. military medical centers. ....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/30/AR2007013001871.html
Our quilters should feel really good about this story:)
a very warm spot in my heart for our 4-star quilters. And I salute each and every one of them.
Thanks, KR, for bringing this article to our attention.
Thanks so much for sharing this article.
The quilts are all beautiful and warm and wonderful. And in this photo the chaplain truly reflects the meaning.
The quilt in question is not one of mine. But, yes...it does look similar to the one I had at the fair...summer before last. Prolly the quilt you're thinking of. :)
Cutting out pieces to get started on another one this snowy/icy day in usually sunny NC. Can we recruit some more quilters to join us?
Forgot to mention NC Gram. She sent
a number of quilts. She was one of the
original 4-star quilters.
Very nice article. But your link didn't work.
Try this one:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/30/AR2007013001871.html?sub=AR
My last one sent several weeks ago
did go to Walter Reed. I asked in a
local quilters' supply shop
if they knew of a current outlet
and they told me to send directly:
Walter Reed Med. Ctr.
Office of the Chaplain
7100 Georgia Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20307