Stars & Stripes

Inspiration for my banner series always comes from somewhere… 

This time it came from the patriotic artwork on the 

back of an 18 wheeler’s trailer we were passing on I-40 E as we headed

for Kingman AZ Aug 14 2021.   Since all my banners are

a vertical design I chose only one door!!!

I selected my color palette from the local Hobby Lobby, photographed

the fabric loaded it into my computer and got started with 

the design process.

Each stripe would feature the appropriate fabric.

I cut out some paper patterns for the "stars" to figure out

their placement.  When I cut out the first fabric star

 (upper left) and flipped it over,

I discovered I liked the wrong side of the fabric better than

the right side because it was more subtle, so that's what I used.

The quilting design  for the Flag fabric was a random

curved shape sewn with white thread.  

Remember to click on any photo for a larger view.

The quilting design for the red stars fabric was a

simple 4 3/4" equilateral triangle using red thread.

After I appliquéd the fabric stars on top of the blue background,  

I obviously chose blue thread and "drove" my way randomly 

around the fabric stars trying not to have a collision along the way.

Now I'm ready for the 4th of July a little ahead of time,

so I guess I'll have to back track and come up with a

spring time motif...