My First Quilt of Valor

Ever since I heard about Quilts of Valor several years ago

I've wanted to make a quilt for a soldier. According to their

website, "the mission of Quilts of Valor is to cover all those

servicemembers and veterans touched by war with quilts".

This non-profit organization has currently donated over

28,000 quilts.

A few years ago I was part of a block-of-the-month program

at our local quilt shop. They chose the fabrics and patterns

and each month the customer assembled the blocks.

The blocks I made have been neatly tucked away in

a drawer all these years.  I think this is the perfect

opportunity  to use them.

Since all of my blocks were not in the block library,

I started by recreating each block in my EQ6 software.

This was my first attempt at drawing individual blocks

and thankfully it was pretty easy to figure out.

I started with this layout, but...

...yikes! This looks too busy.

So I continued to play with the layout.

 Basically I have four of each block,

so I was looking for a balanced arrangement.

Perhaps an on-point arrangement?

We're getting closer...

...ah this feels right! The colors and patterns 

seem balanced. Looks like this one will work.

I'm not sure about you, but for me each project

 is a "process". It doesn't pay to skip the time to

completely think  through the design

before you begin. Can you relate?