“Quilts of Valor II” reunites national quilting celebrities Alex Anderson, Mark Lipinski and host Marianne Fons from the original “Quilts of Valor” show for this 90-minute special airing at 12:30 p.m. CT, Sunday, March 6, on NET Television.
As quilters sew a magnificent new quilt, they share quilt-making tips with viewers and speak from the heart about what being involved in making quilts for veterans means. The program introduces viewers to the people who make quilts and those who receive them with feature stories from Nebraska, California, North Carolina and Washington, D.C.
Local 4-H members and veterans featured in this special include:
4-H member Leon Linhart of York explains how he used a very special donation to make a Quilt of Valor for a deserving veteran. Other 4-H members from York and Thayer counties share stories about selecting patterns to assembling quilts to wrapping their completed quilt around a surprised and touched veteran – and why they want to continue.
Also included are Eileen Krumbach of York County Extension and Julie Ochsner of Adams County Extension. A quilt presentation at the Nebraska State Fair to naval officer Jess Johnson of Lincoln shows how the quilt makers wrap their quilt around each veteran that is honored.
Many others including Korean War veteran Byron Covey of York describe what it was like to fight overseas and what it meant to be thanked for his service. Korean War veteran Dell Wiemer, also of York, called his service in Korea the best thing that ever happened to him because he “got to see the world.”
Other local veterans featured include Kirby Chapman, who served in Vietnam, Ryan Chapman who served in Afghanistan, and Roy McLain, who served in Korea.
This program will also be broadcast at 11 a.m. CT, Monday, March 7 and 2 p.m. CT, Saturday, March 12, on NET Create (NET3).
The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation in Winterset, Iowa is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing quilts. Nearly 134,000 quilts have been awarded. Sara York Kenny, a Nebraska state coordinator for the Foundation, also appears in the show and recognizes the Nebraska 4-H clubs and their members who have completed nearly 350 quilts the past five years.
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