I never thought I would make a Fourth of July quilt. I'm not a real flag-waving type and have always avoided the red-white-blue color combo for that reason. But several years ago, our long-running Wisconsin Quilters listserv did a flag block swap. At that year's Glen retreat, someone (I think it was Maaaaary) was working on hers and devised a border for the quilt that just made the whole thing sing.I decided I wanted in. So I proposed a second swap to the list. Response was good but then 9/11 happened and response got a whole lot better. I think we eventually had about 30 swappers. I was happy to run the swap--I got to be the boss, laid down fabric-quality and workmanship rules, and everyone followed them pretty well.
This is my end-product and it pleases me a lot. Sorry for the angled photo but the flag is currently hanging in an upstairs landing area of my house and a head-on view would have called for balancing on top of railings above my entry hall. More risk than I care to take for a blog photo!
This is the only quilt I've ever made that inspired any opinions from my DH. He felt strongly about the outer border--that the red sawteeth should lie on the outside. I think he was absolutely right.
This Fourth of July, I'm grateful to be living in a country where dissent, free thought, and civil discourse can happen. And for godssake, let those Rainbow Family people have their gathering out West in peace!
3 comments:
very nice quilt - i like the sawtooth border as well, and your husband was right about the red needing to be on the outside... happy fourth to you
Hi Kathie, really like the flag quilt. You did a beautiful job on it..*VBS* Glad you didn't risk your neck getting a staight on photo! I checked out the pictures at Flickr by clinking on Maaaary, what great quilts your retreat produces...just amazing!
Beautiful quilt. It's great to be queen and make the rules. Love the quilt, but agree that standing on the railing was out of the question.
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