Who does QUILTING? Need USMC symbolized quilt!!!?

Also, check Hobby Lobby.

I found fabric there last summer for all four branches of the military and made lap quilts for the patients at Walter Reed.

You can cut the fabric into blocks and alternate with complementary solids to keep the quilt from being too busy.

> Are you looking for Marines-patterned FABRIC for the quilt?

If so, this is the place to go: http://tinyurl.com/ba7xtb .

You could also add a border to this 48x60 panel ( http://tinyurl.com/c5eeqt ) to make it twin size. This fabric might make a nice border: http://tinyurl.com/ahkmzd . FYI, a twin size quilt is about 68-80"wide and 90-108" long.

> Or do you want the symbols to be QUILTED (ie: stitched) into it?

If so, I would suggest doing the quilting by hand or machine using a paper pattern. You can use freezer paper from the supermarket to make the pattern. Draw directly on it or use an inkjet (not laser!) printer. Cut the paper to fit the printer. Print onto the dull (uncoated) side. Position it on the quilt (design up, coating down) and run a warm iron around the edges until it sticks to the fabric. Put a few pins around the area to stabilize the quilt layers. Stitch right through the paper, then peel/tear it away. Here's a nice USMC design for a quilt: http://tinyurl.com/3xez9e . Here's the official USMC logo: http://tinyurl.com/b6xlo6 . And here are all of the uniform insignias: http://tinyurl.com/adfc2g .

> If you don't sew...

Buy a plain store-bought comforter with straight rows of quilting (like these: http://tinyurl.com/bsarl3 ). Carefully clip and remove the quilting threads (they'll slide out easily). Quilt the USMC patterns by hand as described above. Use running stitch (the simplest possible stitch, it's insanely easy to do) as shown here: http://tinyurl.com/b8q9pl . Or of course you can pay someone to do any of these things (try http://www.craigslist.com/ to find someone local to you).

Thanks, Sonyaka, for that link. I like the Kaufman designed fabrics but don't have a Hobby Lobby or anyplace that carries them locally so it helps to find places to order it.

Another idea for you, if you live near a base...any base, you might try to contact embroidery stores near there. My DH is in the Navy and our FRG (family readiness group) used the base exchange embroidery store to make panels for a quilted wall hanging for us to give away. They had military and Navy themes including submarine dolphins already in their machines so we didn't have to pay for designing them. A lot of the larger shops around the base had some of the same patterns. If you can't find patterns you might look up marine and military quotes because words are easy to digitize and have embroidered.

If you still need help I think I can help you. I have a friend that has an embroidery machine and I have a long arm quilting machine and between the two of us we can make the quilt you are looking for. Please contact me and we will talk.

If you contact The Corps Store on Parris Island, they may know somebody who can help you.

WOW THATS AN AWESOME IDEA GO TO YOUR LOCAL TAILOR AND SEE WHAT HE COULD DO.