Printable QOV Guide Lines

Quilt Labels

Quilt Submission Form

Pillowcase Instructions

Printable Patterns for your next QOV quilt.

You may want or need to slightly alter these patterns to better fit the QOV specs. Thank You.

Join us on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month beginning at 3:00 pm

to work together on quilt tops for our vets.

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Call 218-568-5777

Upper Mid-West

Quilts of Valor

It all started...

In 2003, Catherine Roberts of Seaford, DE, started the Quilts of Valor Foundation when her son and his 630th MP Company were being deployed from Germany to Iraq for one year. She was thrown into a group of other Americans who send their loved one into harm’s way. She started the group by appealing to both quilt-toppers and the longarming group to volunteer their fabric, their talents and time to make wartime quilts of valor that would comfort our wounded. Presently, our Quilts of Valor community has delivered over 15,000 quilts. We are only one of many that make quilts to comfort our wounded and the families who have lost their loved one in this war on terror.

The mission of the QOV Foundation is to cover ALL wounded and injured service members from the War on Terror, whether physical or psychologically, with wartime quilts called Quilts of Valor (QOV). QOVF-UM covers the Upper Midwestern states of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin and is part of the national Quilts of Valor Foundation.  If you know of someone who should receive a QOV, please contact us.

Make a finished QOV and bring it to your local QOV Drop Spot. QOV should be a minimum size of 55" x 65" (maximum size 72" x 87") and quilted, either by hand or machine. It should include a label (with the name of the piecer, the quilter and a line for the recipient's name) and a presentation pillowcase.

See below for quilt and pillowcase patterns along with a

Printable QOV guide lines summary, labels and other information.

It is also nice to include a hand or typed message to the soldier.

They really appreciate the thanks and encouragement.

Many of the quilts made in our area are donated to...

The St. Cloud VA Hospital

Camp Ripley

The Brainerd Va Hospital

Check out the FREE patterns and information at the bottom of this page for your next QOV Project.

Double click below on any of the

for the printable info sheets or patterns.