Quilt of Valor recipients from left are seated Dr. Felipe Ortego, Curtis Maxwell and standing behind them from left, Dan McBride and David Garcia. Presenters from left are Terri Sommers, Jude Casco, Maria Garcia, Maxwell's son, Nancy Miller and Twila DeVinney.

An amazing gift.

Some of the members of the Southwest New Mexico Quilters Guilt 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, as the Disabled Veterans of America Commander Bryant Jamison found out during the presentation. A quilt top may be started in Silver City, then be sent to Utah for the quilting, then maybe to Texas for binding. And at every stop, a passionate volunteer opens her heart and gets busy pouring love into every stitch. All this is done with a veteran in mind.

"I cannot begin to explain the love and appreciation that this creates," Jamison said. "As the DAV Grant Fort Bayard NM Chapter 1, I would like to thank all those involved in getting some of veterans these quilts, and a special thanks to Southwest New Mexico Quilters Guild President Carol Pickering, QOV Coordinator for the Quilters Guild Jude Casco, and long-arm quilter Terri Sommers. And, of course, the veterans who received these quilts."