Last Updated on 03/01/26 by Rose Palmer
Original Quilt Design – Inspired by the many memorials in Washington DC, I designed my version of the American stars and stripes, using various red and cream fabrics for the stripes and blue and white star fabric for the stars.
The quilt design is made up of half-square triangles set in a diagonal line pattern. The dimensions of the quilt closely follow the required flag dimensions of 1.9 length to 0.5 width. Similar to a true US flag, there are thirteen red and white stripes and fifty blue and white star blocks
The quilt was photographed in Washington DC at the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, the Vietnam Women Veterans’ Memorial and at Arlington Cemetery.
The Quilts of Valor website accepts donations of patriotic-themed quilts. The Quilt of Valour Foundation’s mission is “to cover all those service members and veterans wounded physically or psychologically with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.”
When I wrote this post, the QOV foundation had awarded over 437,000 quilts to service men and women and veterans in the US since its inception in 2003.
Other quilts:
Germany’s castles inspired quilt: “My Bohemian Princess Quilt”
Orient Express inspired quilt: “Quilter on the Orient Express”
London inspired quilt: “Not Your Grandfather’s Herringbone”
Jordan inspired quilt: “My Bedouin Desert Blanket”
Paris inspied quilt: “I Love Paris in the Springtime”
Thanks for visiting.
Rose
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