Feeling the red, white and blue!

If you're feeling inspired by patriotic colors, keep reading! We've collected some of our favorite red, white and blue designs to share with you. It may be too late to stitch one of these quilts before tomorrow (ha ha ha!), but you can find the fabric now and be done sewing well before next July 4th. 

Wave a flag with the Made in the USA quilt featuring Kanvas' Love American Style collection. 

Click here to download the free quilt pattern.

Cheryl Haynes' Liberty Hill collection is a fantastic slice of Americana, starting with the panel:

We have several free quilt patterns featuring Liberty Hill: 

"Americana Folk" by Benartex Studio

Click here to download the free pattern.

Liberty Hill pillows and wall hangings designed by Cheryl Haynes

Click here to download the free quilt patterns.

"Stars for Liberty" designed by Cheryl Haynes

Click here to download the free quilt pattern.

Click here to see the entire Liberty Hill collection.
Click here to visit Cheryl's website and purchase the patterns for the Liberty Hill Quilt Collection.


A little more red, white and blue: 

American Dream by Diane Nagle featuring Oh My Stars

American Tradition by Heidi Pridemore featuring Heritage

We hope you have a wonderful 4th of July! 

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March Madness: Round 1, Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 of our quilt-themed March Madness! 

Here are today's games:
Voting is now closed for these games. We'll post the Elite Eight Patterns and begin voting for Round 2 on Monday, 3/20.

Game 1:

Fortune by Linda Leathersich and Stephanie Sheridan featuring Kismet

vs.

American Tradition by Heidi Pridemore featuring Heritage

Game 2:

We Love Joey by the Benartex Studio featuring Joey the Shop Dog

vs.

Liberty Woven by Benartex Studios featuring Liberty Garden

Leave a comment below with your votes for these two games (choose Fortune or American Tradition for Game 1 AND We Love Joey or Liberty Woven for Game 2). One comment per person, please. You can also vote a second time on our Facebook Group – Sew Interesting and a third time on our Pinterest board. 

Voting for these two games is open through Friday, March 16 at 11:59 am EDT.

Click here to see the entire Sweet Sixteen bracket.

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Thanking our Veterans

Today especially, we'd like to send out a extra special thank you to veterans of our Armed Forces. Their sacrifices created and sustained our country, and we are grateful to them! 

One wonderful way that we as quilters can thank veterans is to make and donate quilts.  Both Quilts of Valor and Quilts of Honor are wonderful organizations that work diligently to award quilts to veterans. If you know of any other organizations that serve this purpose, please leave a comment below! 

We currently have two patriotic-colored collections idea for making quilts for veterans. Each collection includes a free quilt pattern; check with the organization you're working with for size requirements. 

Oh My Stars! by Dover Hill Studio is chock-full of stripes, stars, and even fireworks! 

Use Oh My Stars! to stitch a truly patriotic quilt: the "American Dream" quilt designed by Diane Nagle.

Download the free quilt pattern here.

The Heritage collection, also by Dover Hill Studio, features mini prints in shades of red, blue and cream, reminiscent of designs from the turn of the century. 

Heidi Pridemore's "American Tradition" quilt also features stars, perfect for a veteran.

Download the free quilt pattern here.

Thank a veteran today! 

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A Taste of Americana

If you love vintage prints and a patriotic palette, we know you'll love the new Heritage Reds & Blues collection from Dover Hill Studio. These mini prints are beautiful in rich reds and burgundies and deep navies and colonial blues, all accented with warm cream tones. The details in these prints are reminiscent of the old mill-engraved prints from the 1800s. Our favorite? The wallpaper stripe, available in six different color combinations. 

We've split the fabrics up into blue and red palettes below, but of course they work well together too. 

Ready to use these gorgeous red and blue prints? Try the two-block design in the "American Tradition" by Heidi Pridemore. This free quilt pattern is available on our website. 

Click here to download the quilt pattern.

(p.s. Watch for a table runner pattern featuring these prints in the upcoming issue of our Fat Quarterly newsletter!)

Click here to see the entire Heritage Reds & Blues collection.

Click here to find the free quilt pattern. 

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