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Learn how to sew your own star-spangled decor with these fun and festive flag-themed projects—perfect for adding a handmade touch to your 4th of July celebrations.

Whether you’re decorating your porch, table, or favorite cozy corner, each project in this roundup is beginner-friendly and full of charm. Grab your red, white, and blue scraps and let’s turn them into pillows, table runners, banners, and more!

It’s almost time for the 4th of July! It’s the perfect time though to sew up a few quick and simple projects to sew for the 4th. Besides the one ...

Are you looking for a free pattern for Quilts of Valor? Download one for a panel quilt and one for a bench pillow!

Fired Up! Quilt 1

Hi, there! I went to Brazil to visit my family and returned to a pile of work! Now that I dug myself out from under that pile, I have a bunch of free patterns to post here and decided that the ones I designed for Fired Up!, a collection by Blank Quilting, will be featured first. The collection is already in stores, so get the fabrics and start sewing.

Quilt 1 measures 44 ...

      Another comfort quilt went out the door last week- Flaneur that was given to me by Quiltdiva Julie to finish. The woman who I gave it to is fighting blindness in one eye and can do nothing for 4 months while surgery heals. And then she has to do the other eye. This wasn't how she planned to spend her recent retirement.

After washing and folding ready to bag

      The RWB Dakota Inspired (mystery A12) quilt by Alycia has been finished for a while, but not quilted. Recently, a man in my cardiac rehab group, who is a retired Navy lieutenant, has had a hard stretch of health issues. I thought this quilt would be perfect for him. Glide Military Gold on the top, and Glide 60 Military Gold in the bobbin. I quilted it and found an orphan block for the bag. I was able to hand it off to him and he was thrilled with the RWB. I received a beautiful thank you note. Prayers for his ...

Download these Red White and Blue free quilt patterns now and make projects that will be loved for years to come!

Anthem Quilt 2

I am loving the fabrics in the Anthem collection by Blank Quilting! Think of all the projects you can make with them, from quilts to clothes and accessories for the home. I tried to capture all their glory in two designs which you can download now and get ready as the fabrics will be shipping to stores in a couple of weeks. Yeah!

Quilt 2 above showcases the fabrics in easy heart blocks with a mix ...

       A couple of weeks ago I finished quilting a RWB quilt made with a winter mystery held by Alycia. I changed the center to make it more of a star from what she designed. Yikes, I sewed it in December 2019 .Finally, I quilted it and bound it and now it is ready for a recipient.

      I have been MIA in posting blogs because I just haven't been able to write them. I take the photos, keep sewing, and read everyone else's but can't write mine. I have been super fatigued since my second shot in early March and my mental energy is not right.
     Alycia held the A12 mystery quilt recently and I finished my top. The last step was to put the side triangle alongside the churndash blocks. When I tried the dark blue, the quilt looked drab to me. I tried string piecing the squares to be cut into triangles ...

     This quilt top has been done for a long time. I used a wide back for it to make it easier to get going. It is a Missouri Star pattern using a layer cake that was donated to me. I had to wash the layer cake due to basement funk smell from the donor. I set the squares outside on a sheet to dry and came back 15 minutes later to find them blown all over my backyard and front. I had to retrieve squares from under bushes and all over. It was kind of funny.
     Finally, it was loaded ...

     Slowly I am finishing quilts. I spent January going through all my lists and charts, updating and analyzing. Conclusion: I need to double down and get some tops quilted. I need to finish piecing unfinished tops. I made a small list of first quilts to do. I also have a list of quilts I want to do in my Tracking three ring notebook.
     The RWB bricks has been pieced for a long time. It is smaller than QOV asks, so it will have to be given a different way. They changed the size since I started it. I liked quilting ...