"Patriotic Summer"

This quilt was made from one of my sis’s bundle packs. It is currently still available, and, as of this writing, it is right here.

This top was made by simply taking a look at what fabrics were in the bundle and then deciding what to do with them. I checked out first what the original designer had in mine and then took a look once again at what I had to work with.

The artwork in this bundle pack made me think of some Americana puzzles that I have had - by Charles Wysocki, I think it is, and I liked doing them. As a result, I decided to bring this bundle back with me and make it up.

So, I did.

Here are some photos. I quilted it with stars and loops.

I added navy and cream or off white and green to the bundle pack to make things all work together well for me and this idea.

I love all the fabrics that are part of this bundle.

I ended up using pretty much big blocks or just strips of those half yards. I didn’t want to make blocks and ruin the look of the fabrics themselves. I was afraid that if I cut them into small pieces I would lose the fun prints/words or designs.

The only reason you see small blocks across the top and bottom of this quilt is that I was trying to use up pretty much all of the fabric bundle. I was aiming for very little waste.

The quilt roll:

 
 

I wrote up the pattern of sorts of what I did, but the pattern is just a diagram with the dimensions that are on the drawing. That way if you do want to make something similar to what I did, you can, though with just a few of these bundle packs available, I’m not sure that a full scaled pattern is actually needed. So, the layout will be available. It’s here.

Thank you so much for coming along with me on this journey!

Have a great day wherever you are reading this!

Becky Petersen3 Comments