You can find the tutorial + free printable instructions here. UPDATE: I’ve created an updated version of this same quilt with a single star motif in the blue field. (Remember to cut squares ½” bigger than the desired finished square size to leave room for the seam allowance.) You could also add wider and/or more borders to make the quilt size bigger. You might need a calculator and some graph paper, but the basic dimensions are 9 squares x 12 squares – just multiply those numbers by the size of your finished squares to change the size of the quilt. Of course, if you’d like to make a bigger size, just increase the size of the patchwork squares. ![]() (If your backing yardage is pre-shrunk you may need additional yardage.) Quilting and binding tutorials here.Īnd that’s it! A really simple, American Flag quilt. If you are using unwashed fabric, your backing yardage should be just wide enough for this quilt. There is an additional tutorial for adding borders here. Then sew the remaining border strips together end to end to add side borders. When adding the borders, sew the border to the two short sides of the quilt first – this way you won’t have to piece them. If you’d like more details, click here for a simple squares patchwork quilt tutorial. Then it’s just simple patchwork-squares quilt assembly, sewing the squares into rows and then sewing the rows together. Click here for the printable the Flag Quilt layout diagram. Either way, you want to have your blue/star field in the top left corner. ![]() You can either have the flag go in the traditional horizontal layout or, like mine, in the vertical layout. Once your squares are cut out you are going to lay out your quilt in rows. 5 strips 2 ½″ x 42″ (width of fabric) for binding (⅜ yard).5 strips 2″ x 42″ (width of fabric) for borders (⅜ yard).38 white 4 ½″ x 4 ½″ squares (at least 5 different ⅛ yard cuts).45 red 4 ½″ x 4 ½″ squares (at least 5 different ⅛ yard cuts).25 blue 4 ½″ x 4 ½″ squares (at least 3 different ⅛ yard cuts).I personally think the scrappier the better when it comes to this quilt. This quilt measures 39″ x 51″ and is made of 4″ x 4″ finished (4 ½″ x 4 ½″ unfinished) squares and a little bit of yardage for borders and binding. It’s such a simple quilt to make – just patchwork squares – that I decided I should finally share the dimensions and layout in a quick tutorial I shared it on my blog AGES (like 7 years ago?) but I still get questions and comments on it – even asking for a pattern. ![]() You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.”Įvery summer I pull out a flag quilt that I made about 10 years ago. “You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. Why would Bleckner have chosen to put the red, white, and blue flag in front of a rainbow background? I like to think he put those color groups together to symbolize and celebrate freedom and happiness for all people in the United States.The words of Erma Bombeck pretty much sum it up best for me: The visual and symbolic contrast is noted, but if you look closely you can also detect that the flag is semi-transparent, maybe not as rigid as it first appeared. The linear red, white, and blue blocks of color overlapping the painterly rainbow stripes. Notice the differences in groups of colors. Rainbow colors have also historically celebrated peace, diversity, and equity all people living in harmony regardless of their differences. What about the colors the artist chose for the background? What do those colors represent? Maybe you’re thinking of a rainbow in the sky, a color wheel, or a celebration of gay pride. Maybe you’re thinking it’s more complicated than that. ![]() What does the American flag symbolize or stand for? What ideas does it represent? Maybe you’re thinking of freedom or all 50 US states coming together. This artwork shows a red, white, and blue flag, similar to the American flag. What comes to mind? If you live here in the United States, you might be thinking of the American flag or the 4th of July.
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