- : the organizer, a longtime cross-stitcher who had earlier coordinated memorial quilts for Columbine High School, posts a call for squares on the online stitching boards.
- : the first squares arrive in the mail.
- : the plan becomes five flag-style quilts: World Trade Center, Pentagon, Pennsylvania, FDNY and NYPD.
- : the original deadline for squares, later extended to December 2002.
- : the World Trade Center, Pentagon and NYPD quilt tops are assembled. Details.
- : the FDNY quilt top is finished.
- : four of the quilts are shown at a Nashville mall. More.
- : the TimesDaily newspaper in Alabama features the project. Summary.
- : the Pennsylvania quilt top is finished.
- : the quilts are displayed at the Dixie Darlin’ cross-stitch shop in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
- : the quilts are shown at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville.
- : the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat and the Somerset Daily American cover the project. Coverage.
- : the Pennsylvania quilt is presented in Somerset County, where Flight 93 family members view it at the county courthouse. More.
- : all five quilts appear at the Creative Arts & Teaching Show in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where many of the stitchers see them in person.
- : the quilts travel to the same show in Santa Clara, California. More.
- : at the invitation of Voices of September 11th, the quilts are shown in New York City for the fifth anniversary, with a stop in Shanksville on the way home.
- : the quilts are displayed at a needlework exhibit in Williamstown, Pennsylvania, the last showing we have found.
Know of a later showing, or where the quilts are today? Please tell us.
Other memorial quilts
The 9-11 project was one of many community quilts made after a loss. The best known is the AIDS Memorial Quilt, begun in 1987 and first laid out on the National Mall that October. Today the Quilts of Valor program carries the same spirit to veterans, one quilt at a time.