red white and blue quilt

I finished a small quilt today. I started it in July, but it took me a while to get it done. Lots of little pieces to sew down.

I am calling it USA for obvious reasons. It uses the trimmings from the Jazzy Blues quilt. I trimmed off seams but I basically left the trimmings the way they were and arranged them on the quilt. This means some pieces are skinnier and some are thicker. Some are shorter and some are longer. I glue basted the pieces on the sandwich, randomly without regard to the fabric design, and sewed them ...

added by Shasta Matova 1 year, 8 months ago. under 15 minutes to stitch , patriotic quilt , quilt reveal , quilting , red white and blue quilt , small quilts , usa

Star Sashed Nine-Patch by the Missouri Star Quilt Company. — Star Sashed Nine-Patch Quilt by the Missouri Star Quilt Company.

The 4th of July is getting close. Let’s celebrate with stars!

The original American flag had just 13 stars—one for each state, and we’ve added a star with every new state.

Imagine those poor flag makers. Just as they mastered one design, they’d get the news: “Hold up, everyone! Kentucky is now a state! Start unpicking, and rearrange your stars!”

(Sometimes the layout was changed every single year. That’s a lot of star shuffling!)

This week we’re stitching up a Star Sashed Nine-Patch in ...

added by Annie G 2 years, 11 months ago. under easy quilt tutorial , easy quilting tutorial , four patch , four patch quilt , fourth of july , how-to , jenny doan , missouri star quilt co , missouri star quilt company , nine patch , nine patch quilt , patriotic quilt , red white and blue quilt , star quilt , star sashed nine-patch quilt , tutorials (Comments)

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