America...Sew Beautiful.."Sweet Land of Liberty" Phase 3

 Hey quilter's...hope y'all are having a great weekend. I'm getting ready to quilt this beautiful quilt and piecing together a "Spooky" design as well. I always try to have one design I'm piecing and one design I'm quilting on my BabyLock Jazz II. It's kinda funny in my sewing room right now because I have Patriotic fabric on my side and spooky on the other. Well least I can't get the fabrics confused :-) Trust me...I've done that before...one reason why I always put my "scraps" in ziplock bags while I'm piecing together a design. I also use the Missouri Star Quilt Company's plastic project organizers they offer...super cute plus helps me keep my projects organized. I just feel better when I'm organized...helps my design brain for some reason. Speaking of Missouri Star Quilt Co...tomorrow I'm excited to share a special promotion with y'all so please follow me on Instagram for all the exciting details. I love it when they have us doing promotions for y'all...super exciting :-) Today's phase we'll be piecing together the borders using the beautiful 2.5" strips from the Jelly Roll. I am loving how easy these strips come together. The fabrics are super cute and they coordinate great together. I did mine more of a "scrappy look" but still keeping with the same color theme on all sides. My design pic below shows how I kept the color theme on borders...use the pic as a "guide" if you wish. This is such a fun & easy design so get creative....and you know me...have fun...there's no quilting police in my sewing room :-) But...I will say "Pressing is the key when piecing long strips together." I hope y'all enjoyed making the corner star blocks. I love how fast and easy they come together. If you still need supplies my link to MSQC w/save you 20% off $50. or more for the month of June. Talk soon & have fun!

Blessed Quilting from My Home to Yours,

Cat

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Borders...

* Here's all you do for all four border sides...

Tip...Lay your corner blocks as desired...then select your borders stips to have a different "print" joining the "star points" to create a more interesting star design if desired :-) 

* Select four 2 1/2" strips for each border side.

* Sew strips w/ right sides 2gether using a 1/4" seam allowance. Press.

* Repeat for all four Borders.

Tip...sew slow to keep your strips straight due to the length. Sometimes I sew like a "racecar" then regreat it later. 

* Set your border sets aside...label the position of sides if desired. No trimming to lengh at this time we will do in next phase.

* I coordinated mine...red...grey...white...blue but you get creative and have fun :-) 

Talk soon,

Cat