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Americana Quilt Sewing Home Decor

Americana Home Decor American Flag Quilt

How do you use Americana Quilts in your home decor?  I love to use my Patriotic Quilts to hang on the wall and to display United States Flag outside to wave.  This year I decided to decorate our patio for lots of family and friends for BBQ celebrations.  I laid my Toile American Flag quilt on the table to set a tone with red and blue accent pillows.  You will notice the rod iron shelf that I arranged lots of patriotic items I have created through the years.

Americana Outdoor Patriotic Decor for Patio

Our patio is covered and we have lights lining the roof along with Moda Americana Red White and Cream draping fabric in scallops with the lights.  This fabric is absolutely beautiful and a great way to drape along a stair banister too!  The ideas are endless with this fabric on sale now at Stitches Quilting.  This fabric is out of print with 20 yards left in stock.  Pick up your bunting fabric now here.

Moda Americana Patriotic Bunting Fabric Red White and Blue

You can see a close up of this fabric and how it is not printed striped fabric but rather the navy blue, red and cream fabrics are stitched together in 10 yard long lengths.  Isn’t it amazing what you can do with quality fabrics to adorn your home.

Americana Home Decor American Bargello Flag Quilt

Here is another table that I place the Bargello Waving American Flag Quilt to set the tone for what we are celebrating.  I used a large basket with a Patriotic Wreath in it.  I love the touches of metal and wood with the fabric.  Family and friends have enjoyed time on our covered patio talking about the state of affairs and how we need to be responsible citizens in whatever country we live.  You can see embroidered on this quilt, “O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.”  To get the very last Bargello Glory Waving American Flag Quilt Kit click here.

Patriotic Wreath with Vintage Images

You can see a close up of this wreath with a metal frame purchased from a craft store.  Just use mesh wide ribbon that is so easy to find nowadays and weave it through the metal wreath.  I love the touch of wooden vintage patriotic signs to add to the wreath along with rod iron stars.

Small America Flag Quilt National Anthem Star Spangled Banner Americana Need Punch Framed Art

I don’t know about you but I find Needle Punch Embroidery relaxing to do.  I love these two patriotic needle punch framed embroideries of a flag flying above a home and Good Ole Sam.  Isn’t the wooden star with the flag coming out of it great.  I love this simple small American Flag quilt on this outdoor coffe table that has the Star Spangled Banner hand embroidered into the cream strips of the flag.  What have you made with fabric and thread to celebrate your nation?

Flag Pillow with Ruby Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Even our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel loves the patio and the comforts it brings.  Who do you use your quilting and sewing items to celebrate your nation?  Today is September 11th and a day that brings reverence for our country and the people that have sacrificed so much.

Patriotic Americana Quilt Picnic Blanket

I love this picnic blanket that has fabric to celebrate 9/11 in it.  I roll this blanket up and keep it in my car when we need a quilt on the go.

American Summer Block of the Month Quilt

At Stitches Quilting we have the Americana Quilt Kits available with fabric designed by Carrie Quinn with Penny Rose Fabrics.  These quilt kits are limited in quantity and listed at a great sale price.  

American Summer Quilt Block of the Month Kit Penny Rose

The Americana Quilt Kit comes with all these fabrics and the pattern.  Isn’t is beautiful!  Are you making Quilts of Valor or just need a quilt in your home to celebrate the holidays?

Americana Books to Read to your Childern to teach history

There are so many great books to read to your children or grandchildren to teach them history.  I love reading to my kids snuggled up in a great patriotic quilt.  Not only are there great books to read to your grandchildren but there are great book for us or snuggle up in a quilt to watch a movie.  To learn more about reading to child wrapped in a quilt of love and increase literacy with additional quilt ideas and great books to read click here.  

American Flag Quilts

To learn more about these patriotic quilts click here.

American Flag Waving in the Wind

May our flags wave tall and bright on days like today to honor those that make our nation strong.

How do you decorate to celebrate your patriotism?  Do you enjoy snuggling in patriotic quilts or happen to hang them on your walls?

All My Best!

Deanna Stitches Quilting Toile

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Quilt to Celebrate American Flag

American Flag Quilts

Quilt to Celebrate American Flag?

As Quilters we love to make patriotic quilts to cherish the things we value most! One of my most favorite things to celebrate is my love for nation and home.

Betsy Ross stitching American flag

 

In Philadelphia, Betty Ross stitched the flag during the 1700’s and we are still celebrating it today.  She stitched it together at great risk but did so to unite the people of the colonies.  I loved visiting Betsy Ross’ home in Philadelphia!

American Flag Waving in the Wind

Today our American flag has changed with the adding of 50 states.  As quilters, we get to follow that tradition by Betsy Ross.  I love to study the way sewing celebrates our American heritage.

Bargello Flag Quilt

Bargello Flag Quilt made with a simple strip quilting method.

Star Spangled Banner Embroidered on Flag Quilt

On this Bargello Flag Quilt is embroidered the Star Spangled Banner in a wave movement.

Star buttons sewed onto Bargello Flag Quilt

Bargello Flag Quilt embellished with buttons.  It took me a long time to collect enough different star buttons for this quilt.   It looks like I lost a couple star buttons.  I like the random nature of the star button.  The quilting helps the envision the movement of the waving flag.  One of my most favorite patriotic memorials in is Baltimore at Fort McHenry, as it really helps you appreciate the flag and the Star Spangled Banner.

America Flag Patriotic Quilt with Toile Fabric

I love how the Americana Flag stands out with the toile historic fabric around it.

Patriotic Americana Quilt Picnic BlanketThis is a quick quilt that I put together to use a special collection of 911 fabric printed in 2002.

911 Patriotic Fabric with Firemen

I opened my Stitches Quilting in 2002, so this was one of the first deliveries of fabric I received at my store.

911 Patriotic Fabric with Firemen

I used a beautiful home dec fabric from Moda as the backing of the quilt.  I quickly sold out of both the 911 fabric and Moda Home Dec Fabric.   Our sweet little family was entering a new phase of life and I enjoyed embroidering our family’s names on this sweet picnic quilt.

Well these were some fun photographs for today’s patriotic post.  Tomorrow will be a post about more patriotic decor, history and celebration.

How do you celebrate your patriotism?  I haven’t had to make personal sacrifices for this country but I revere and love all that do.  Do you quilt to celebrate the American Flag?  What things have you made?  What have been your most cherished items to make?  What are some of your favorite historical American places to visit?

Happy 4th of July!

Deanna Stitches Quilting Toile