On this Remembrance Day, I think of poppies. How they originally symbolized the end of WW1 and now include the remembering of the many fallen soldiers of various wars.
I made this quilt for a Quilt of Valour using the Island Batik fabric collection “Freedom.” It is my own design.
In Flanders Field
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Written by John McCrae, Guelph, Ontario.
Quilting Gail 
Beautiful — the prose and quilt!
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A beautiful QOV and a haunting poem to remember the sacrifices that so many made.
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Beautiful quilt Gail for a very worthy group. Touches my heart. I am the daughter of a veteran, the ex wife of a veteran and my children’s stepbrother just retired from active duty after 6 tours in Afghanistan. 🙏🏻
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WOW!!! 6 tours in Afghanistan!!! That is a LOT!!! I raise my hat to him!!
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The recipient of that quilt is going to love it Gail – fantastic !!!
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Thanks, Judy. It was given away last year …
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