I used steves thank you veterans pattern and did this up yesterday and donated it to the vfw just up the street from my house. I am very happy with how it turned out since there were some awfully small turns in certain areas. I wrote on the bottom of it wrapped around the edges "Made and donated to VFW post 382 by Jeremy Gilleland. From one veteran to honor his brothers in arms" and signed it in the middle.
I hope you guys like the work im doing and how im coming along. Im definitely enjoying doing these projects and cant wait to get started on the next one!