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Today I want to share a quilt I started back in July of 2023.
I just finished it last month and finally have some pictures to share!
This is my United quilt pattern and the third United quilt I've made.
Okay, I just realized that I never blogged about my other United quilts!
I will have to make another post for those ASAP! But here's the original United quilt.
It has a great story...stay tuned.
I really love the original quilt so much but I saw a scrappy version that one of my friends/pattern testers made and I was smitten! Leah @pinkdesertblossoms.shop on Instagram made a darling low-volume background version that I couldn't stop thinking about. Here's her finished quilt:
[Photo by Leah @pinkdesertblossoms.shop on Instagram]
With Leah's permission, I totally copied her! Because I just loved it so much!
I made scrappy little flags whenever I had red and blue fabrics out.
United has 50 flags in the pattern - to represent the 50 states of course!
It also has 5 star blocks and 1 heart block for a little extra sweetness!
I used a red and white striped fabric for the binding and was absolutely in LOVE
with the two-toned blue floral fabric I used for my back.
Jen Ostler quilted it for me with a really fun quilty star panto that was new to me.
It's called Starry Sawtooth by Melissa Kelley of Sew Shabby Quilting.
I love how the quilting turned out!
Lots of fun fabrics were used!
The red and white wide-striped fabric below was from an old shirt of mine!
These flag blocks are SO easy to make! It will take you more time to decide
which fabrics to use than to cut the fabric and make the blocks!
The quilt is pretty big! It finishes at 78" x 87".
I'm gonna give you a pro tip too! It's awesome to do this pattern as a block exchange because then you don't have to buy so many different red and blue fabrics (if you want all of the flags to be different). I did end up buying quite a few for mine because my red stash had gotten really low!
You can snag a paper or PDF version of this pattern HERE in my Etsy shop.
I'd love to hear what you think of this United quilt!
I'll try to do another post soon of my other United ones!
Happy quilting friends!
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