any ideas for a patriotic quilt
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I have been approached to make a quilt for a co-worker of my husbands, who wants a quilt for his wife. This man says his wife loves anything patriotic, he spoke of something like a flag. This is so normal ,does anyone have any thoughts on a pattern that can be made with red white and blue fabric (with flowers ,writing ect.) that would be unusual? I have saw beautiful fabric the quilt guild in my area have used to make the quilts for vets.I do not want d9p or 4p so any help will be greatly appreciated.I have also looked on quilters cache.
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Google "Quilted In Honor". There are several free patriotic quilt patterns available for download. I especially like Kay Wright-Handy's Stars of Honor quilt. I plan on making this for my son. I'm not sure what d9p or 4p means so this may not be what you are looking for.
http://www.islandbatik.com/free-patterns/
http://www.islandbatik.com/free-patterns/
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I just made a chevron quilt top with white fabric and a single red, white and blue fabric. It was quick and easy, and looks great. Haven't take a picture of it yet or I would post it - it's in the garage and it's too cold for me to go out there now. I'll try to remember to post it tomorrow.
The r,w,b fabric was a stripe, so it gave the quilt a kind of scrappy look without being scrappy.
Here's a link to a tutorial that shows the method I used to make the 1/4 square triangles. I used 9-7/8th inch squares which made a large enough 1.4 square triangle to make the quilt go together quickly.
pipersgirls.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/quick-tips-tools-four-at-a-time-half-square-triangles/
The r,w,b fabric was a stripe, so it gave the quilt a kind of scrappy look without being scrappy.
Here's a link to a tutorial that shows the method I used to make the 1/4 square triangles. I used 9-7/8th inch squares which made a large enough 1.4 square triangle to make the quilt go together quickly.
pipersgirls.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/quick-tips-tools-four-at-a-time-half-square-triangles/
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I am so glad you posted. I too did not know about this site. Guess this means a few more hours today on the 'ole computer. Thanks
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here's another that was previously posted on the board http://freequiltpatterns.blogspot.co...-patterns.html
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