An American Quilt

When William joined the Marine Corp about 8 years ago, my sister Stacey and I began collecting patriotic fabrics of all kinds to make quilts. (We have had a ball many a time doing various crafty projects!) No matter where we were if we saw some wee fat quarter that looked even remotely reddish, whitish or bluish, or had a patriotic theme, we got it and added it to our piles! Stacey was the one who really got the most, as she frequents the market and is a collector of many things, especially fabrics, and sweetly shared with me. We really have some wonderful patterns, with stars, stripes, scenes of soldiers, and even some of the Statue of Liberty! After several years of talking about it and planning to one day put them all together, we did finally cut the squares for hours and hours, decided how to arrange them, finally choosing a random selection from each pile so they were scattered throughout. At last mine is sewn together, and almost ready to tie. Yes, my dear Jill, I am not a proficient quilter, so I will be tying mine with a lovely cotton string! And please don't look too closely at the corner matches! I found a wonderful blue ticking for the edges and will use a cream cotton muslim for the back. I'll post some photies in the next wee while! I can hardly stand it I'm so excited!