Here is an alternate version of the Shield of Honor square. I wasn’t happy with my first version, so I came up with this one. Then I thought others might like the first version so I decided to keep them both.

I designed this square for Heartmade Blessings a couple of years ago. I designed it with the Operation Purple Heart program in mind. This program collects squares in combinations of Red, White and Blue or Purple and White (or Red and White for Canada). The blankets assembled from these squares are given to the surviving parents or spouse of our...