From left are quiters and veterans: Carol Pickering, Jude Casco, Eugene Lewis, Jep Housley, Cliff Tavernier, Terri Sommers

A couple of the members of the Southwest New Mexico Quilters Guild presented a few of our Veterans here in Grant County with a tremendous gift, a Quilt Of Valor. The folks that create these quilts are a special kind of person. They pour their hearts and souls into every stitch creating a one of a kind quilt with exacting standards set forth from a national organization: http://www.qovf.org/.

A Quilt of Valor can really get around, the Disabled American Veterans commanding officer found out during the presentation. A quilt top may be started here in Silver City, then be sent over to Texas for binding, then maybe to Utah for the quilting stitches and at every stop a passionate volunteer opens his or her heart and gets busy pouring