WEBVTT 00:00.800 --> 00:02.620 - [Narrator] Master Sergeant Lynn Koger 00:02.620 --> 00:03.948 likes to make quilts. 00:03.948 --> 00:05.620 - The one, the big one on the end here 00:05.620 --> 00:07.370 is the one I was gonna give my roommate 00:07.370 --> 00:09.560 that I had when I was overseas. 00:09.560 --> 00:11.410 - [Narrator] She likes to make quilts so much 00:11.410 --> 00:12.800 that many of her quilts on display 00:12.800 --> 00:15.050 at this quilt show in Fort Dodge, Iowa 00:15.050 --> 00:16.610 were made while she was deployed. 00:16.610 --> 00:18.780 - Prior to that, I did a lot of cutting, 00:18.780 --> 00:22.110 so all the stuff was pre-cut, put in the packages. 00:22.110 --> 00:24.420 I could just take a package, and it'd be ready to go. 00:24.420 --> 00:25.360 - [Narrator] While on deployment, 00:25.360 --> 00:27.040 US military members are allowed 00:27.040 --> 00:29.590 some downtime in order to rest. 00:29.590 --> 00:31.070 Many use this precious time 00:31.070 --> 00:32.880 to make long phone calls home, 00:32.880 --> 00:35.100 play games, or catch up on some sleep. 00:35.100 --> 00:38.190 Koger, however, was making quilts, a lot of quilts. 00:38.190 --> 00:40.410 - I completed 32 tops. 00:40.410 --> 00:42.660 - [Narrator] After sending her completed quilt tops 00:42.660 --> 00:44.870 back home four or five at a time, 00:44.870 --> 00:46.500 her quilt guild in Fort Dodge 00:46.500 --> 00:49.000 patiently waited for her boxes to arrive 00:49.000 --> 00:51.100 where they would finish the quilt backing. 00:51.100 --> 00:52.510 - We wouldn't open them 00:52.510 --> 00:55.770 until we were all together on sew day, 00:55.770 --> 00:57.860 and then when we all got there, 00:57.860 --> 01:00.173 we could open them up and have show and tell 01:00.173 --> 01:01.980 (laughs) of all her quilts. 01:01.980 --> 01:02.960 - [Narrator] Koger has mastered 01:02.960 --> 01:04.800 many different styles of quilts, 01:04.800 --> 01:06.520 but she has her favorite. 01:06.520 --> 01:09.030 - I do scraps, a lot of scrap quilts, 01:09.030 --> 01:13.360 and it's just taking like pretty much the garbage 01:13.360 --> 01:15.910 and making something out of it and not wasting it, 01:15.910 --> 01:18.770 and that's really the true meaning of a quilt. 01:18.770 --> 01:21.400 - [Narrator] After displaying her creations at a quilt show, 01:21.400 --> 01:24.230 she says she plans to give most of the quilts away. 01:24.230 --> 01:26.540 - Whoever shows up for my family Thanksgiving 01:26.540 --> 01:28.180 is gonna get a quilt. (laughs) 01:28.180 --> 01:29.330 - [Narrator] Family members, however, 01:29.330 --> 01:31.710 are not her only quilt beneficiaries. 01:31.710 --> 01:33.610 In an ironic twist, several of the quilts 01:33.610 --> 01:36.340 that she made while she was deployed overseas 01:36.340 --> 01:38.800 will be given to fellow members of the US military 01:38.800 --> 01:40.630 as part of Quilts of Valor. 01:40.630 --> 01:43.680 - Two out in the hallway that are ready to donate, 01:43.680 --> 01:47.700 and then this one back here is gonna be donated. 01:47.700 --> 01:49.990 - [Narrator] Quilts of Valor is a nationwide foundation 01:49.990 --> 01:54.000 began in 2003 and has presented over 200,000 quilts 01:54.000 --> 01:56.550 made by people like Koger to military members 01:56.550 --> 01:58.510 who have been touched by war. 01:58.510 --> 02:00.960 Service members can be nominated to receive a quilt 02:00.960 --> 02:03.170 through the Quilts of Valor website. 02:03.170 --> 02:04.810 Following this quilt show, 02:04.810 --> 02:07.600 some may receive a very unique quilt 02:07.600 --> 02:09.550 made by a fellow military member 02:09.550 --> 02:12.210 and crafted in a war zone. 02:12.210 --> 02:13.230 In Fort Dodge, Iowa, 02:13.230 --> 02:15.350 I'm Senior Master Sergeant Vince De Groot, 02:15.350 --> 02:16.593 Air Force News.