This Easter, we give thanks for your courage, sacrifice, and unwavering dedication.
May the hope of the Resurrection fill your heart with peace, the promise of new life strengthen your spirit, and the love of those you protect remind you that you are never alone.
Wishing you a Blessed and Safe Easter.
Deborah Lindley/Chapter Coordinator Illiana Quilts of Honor 217.264.2051 (Direct) IllianaQuiltsOfHonor@gmail.com IllianaQuiltsofHonor.blogspot.com "Striving to Honor our Illiana Combat Veterans one Quilt of Honor at a time...Come Join Us!
The Mission of Quilts of Honor®:"To bestow a universal symbol and token of thanks, solace, and remembrance to those who serve in harm's way to protect and defend our lives and freedom".
NEW 2026 Illiana Quilts of Honor Goals:
1) To Honor area Illiana Combat Veterans and Service Members through Quilts of Honor. 2) Create and award a minimum of fifty (50) Quilts of Honor to area Combat Vets. 3) Share the QOH Mission with those who wish to also help support our Volunteer efforts to Honor and Thank our Combat Veterans for their Service and Sacrifice through Quilts of Honor. Our Illiana Quilts of Honor Chapter will also make available twelve (12) Quilts of Honor for an Illiana Veteran's Day Event. ALL submissions will be given serious consideration and final determination made by July 31, 2026, and final announcement made October 1, 2026. Since the inception of QOH - more than 12,000+ Quilts of Honor have been created by loving and caring hands of Volunteers throughout our country to honor and Thank our Combat Veterans for their sacrifice and service for our country. "Our hope is that these quilts will provide comfort, love and healing to those who have given so much." To join us in this rewarding Quilts of Honor endeavor, or to assist our volunteer efforts in honoring our Combat Veterans, Please follow this direct web link for additional information: Contact Us!
To Nominate a Combat Veteran or Service Member to be Awarded a Quilt of Honor for their Service and Sacrifice for Our Country, Please follow this Direct web link:https://www.quiltsofhonor.org/quilt-request To have your 2026 Veteran's Day Event considered, and to receive all criteria for submission,Please Contact:
Deborah Lindley/Chapter Coordinator Illiana Quilts of Honor 217.264.2051 (Direct) IllianaQuiltsOfHonor@gmail.com IllianaQuiltsofHonor.blogspot.com "Striving to Honor our Illiana Combat Veterans one Quilt of Honor at a time...Come Join Us!
Deborah Lindley/Chapter Coordinator Illiana Quilts of Honor 217.264.2051 (Direct) IllianaQuiltsOfHonor@gmail.com IllianaQuiltsofHonor.blogspot.com "Striving to Honor our Illiana Combat Veterans one Quilt of Honor at a time...Come Join Us!
Blessings to ALL Who Serve to Protect Us and Our Freedoms...Thank YOU.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Deborah Lindley/Chapter Coordinator Illiana Quilts of Honor 217.264.2051 (Direct) IllianaQuiltsOfHonor@gmail.com IllianaQuiltsofHonor.blogspot.com "Striving to Honor our Illiana Combat Veterans one Quilt of Honor at a time...Come Join Us!
Happy Veteran's Day to ALL Our Incredible Veterans!
Thank YOU to ALL Who Served Our Great Country - your Sacrifice and Service are Not Forgotten.
Deborah Lindley/Chapter Coordinator Illiana Quilts of Honor 217.264.2051 (Direct) IllianaQuiltsOfHonor@gmail.com IllianaQuiltsofHonor.blogspot.com "Striving to Honor our Illiana Combat Veterans one Quilt of Honor at a time...Come Join Us!
We're creating Signature Star Blocks for one of our quilt panels that Commemorates Our Country's250th Anniversary next year. Once these Anniversary quilts have been dedicated, they will be awarded to area Veterans and Service Members to Honor their service and sacrifice for Our Country.
Signature Star block
This is one of the Limited Edition quilt panels we're creating these Signature Star blocks for:
Northcott 250th Anniversary quilt panel
We borrowed one of Lori Holt's criss-cross star blocks, snow-balled it and created a Signature Star Block:
Lori Holt'sCriss-Cross Star block
These criss-cross stars are such FUN to 'chain out', and we 'batch them' in groups of 8 and/or 13 blocks - depending on which panel quilt lay-out we have chosen to create.
'Chaining out' the Signature Star units
Signature Star units all ready for assembly:
Signature Star units all ready for assembly
For additional info on creating these Signature Star blocks for your 250th Anniversary quilt, OR to assist us in creating more of these Signature Star blocks to add to upcoming Quilts of Honor to be awarded to our area Veterans and Service Member to recognize their Service and Sacrifice for Our Country, Please feel free to contact me...Thank YOU!
Deborah Lindley/Chapter Coordinator Illiana Quilts of Honor 217.264.2051 (Direct) IllianaQuiltsOfHonor@gmail.com IllianaQuiltsofHonor.blogspot.com "Striving to Honor our Illiana Combat Veterans one Quilt of Honor at a time...Come Join Us!
Quilt top created by one of our volunteers, bordered out to size by another - Beautiful work...Thanks!
MANY quilt tops created by our Incredible Volunteers, ready to be 'bordered out to size', quilted/bound & labeled... ALL of them truly Gorgeous!
Another stunning Patriotic Signature quilt coming off the quilt frame designed, created/bordered and quilted by multiple Volunteers - We really do have some of the very BEST, devoted to helping create these wonderful Patriotic quilts to Honor our Beloved Combat Veterans and Military Service Members...a BIG Hearty Thank YOU to Each and EVERY one of you for ALL that you do...We couldn't possibly do what We Do without YOU!
Patriotic Signature quilt coming off the quilt frame - squared up & trimmed, ready to be bound and labeled prior to being awarded to one of our area Illiana Vets
Happy Labor Day EVERYONE- Stay SAFE while Enjoying your Holiday Weekend!
Deborah Lindley/Chapter Coordinator Illiana Quilts of Honor 217.264.2051 (Direct) IllianaQuiltsOfHonor@gmail.com IllianaQuiltsofHonor.blogspot.com "Striving to Honor our Illiana Combat Veterans one Quilt of Honor at a time...Come Join Us!
