My Patriotic Quilt (Quilt #6 for 2026)

You may remember that I wanted to make a Patriotic Quilt this year to celebrate our country's 250th birthday.  I started this quilt on June 3 and finished it up this week, just in time for the 4th of July!

The pattern that I picked out was Stardust, a free pattern from the Fat Quarter Shop.  It was easy to follow and fun to make.

Some of the fabrics are from the Old Glory fabric line by Lella Boutique.  I especially love the red one with the flowers.  :)

Thankfully I have some fabrics left over to make another project.  Isn't that the story of my life?  I might made another quilt with some of the same colors to coordinate with this one.

I had seen this line of fabrics on Facebook and wanted to get some of these for my quilt. While I was on my Shop Hop, I happily found some of them at a local store.  I added in a couple of other colors to complete the look that I was going for.

Starting out, I found the pattern easy to make, as long as you label the squares!  Most of the quilt is made with half-square triangles and whole squares, in all different sizes.  Thankfully I had a new set of Alpha Clippies to help me out.  

Here is a pic of the starburst before I put on the border.  You can see the size of it with my chair in the photo.  I think it's about 60" square, which makes a nice throw.

In this photo I am free motion quilting it on my sit-down longarm.  Because it wasn't too big, I finished it in a couple of days.  

The color of the medium blue is more to it's true color in this photo.  I made a quick journey to Hobby Lobby and found a very nice dark blue fabric with ships on it for the back.  

All in all, it turned out so nicely.  And it's actually done - yay!

 

Patriotic Quilt

So what do I sew next?  I've been wanted to make a patriotic quilt to celebrate our country's 250th birthday.  I chose the free pattern from the Fat Quarter Shop called Stardust.  It looks pretty easy and hopefully I can get it made before July 4th.  

These are the pretty colors that I picked out for my quilt.  They are from the Old Glory collection from Lella Boutique and they're exactly what I wanted.  I found them while on the Shop Hop last month at a local store.  

The quilt should finish about 60x70 inches.  I plan to use it as a throw in my family room.

I started it two days ago and this is what I have so far.  I think with adding the other colors, it will turn out so beautiful.  I'm off to do some more sewing...

I'll keep you posted.

 

Vintage Market in My House?

My friends and I love to go to the Vintage Market Fairs in our area.  There are two coming up soon and we're busy making plans to go!  Recently a couple of my friends and I decided that we wanted to get some booths at one of them and start doing some craft fairs.  We talked about what we wanted to sell and decided that we needed to start making some things if we are going to make it happen.  

So I moved a couple of wire rack shelves into my dining room/crafting room to start setting things up so I would know what I need to make and use for displaying my items.  I am having fun at second hand shops picking up some picnic baskets and old things to use.  There's a little shop not too far away called Captain's Treasures and we have been stopping in for our "treasures."

This week I started by making some pretty little flower shaped bowls.  I am using Folktale fabrics by Lella Boutique and love how they are turning out.  I bought the pattern from Etsy and spent a few days working on them.  Of course, I want to make a lot more, but this is a good start.  I've made about ten so far.  Don't you love the pretty muted colors and the flowers in the fabric?  I want to think of some more items to make using these pretty fabrics.  

I love using little birds in my decor around the house.  This week I made some little fabric birds to put into my display.  I chose some colors from nature to make the birds from.  They are fun and easy to make.  Although, you can set them into a bowl or in a display, I added a hanging string on them.  They can be hung from a cupboard or a doorknob.  Or even from a display tree.

When I put the little birds into the tree, I thought they looked great for spring!  I will definitely be making more of these cuties.  

I am having fun setting up my displays.  Of course, I need to make a lot more items to fill it with.  I'll be keeping you posted.  :)