The talented and patriotic ladies of the Quilters of the Nature Coast recently honored three Veterans for their service to our country with personalized “Quilts of Valor.”
Quilters of the Nature Coast participates in the nationwide Quilts of Valor Foundation program. The foundation serves Veterans across America with the healing power of quilts made with love.
The idea for Quilts of Valor came to the organization’s founder, Catherine Roberts, in a dream in 2003 when her son was deployed in Iraq. In the dream, she saw her son sitting on the side of his bed in extreme despair as his war demons surrounded him. Then she saw him wrapped in a quilt at peace. Roberts stated, “His whole demeanor changed from one of despair to one of hope and well-being. The quilt had made this dramatic change. The message of my dream was: Quilts = Healing.”…