Americana Quilts

By Annie's

The red, white and blue color combination has been a perennial favorite among quilters for years. This book has a terrific collection of patterns from a pillow to table runners to wall and throw quilts ranging from beginner to confident beginner skill levels. Many of these projects include the popular star, but there are also a wide variety of other blocks chosen by our designers in styles versatile enough to work with any color combination.Featuring designs by Wendy Sheppard, Julie Weaver, Nancy Scott, Sue Pfau, Scott Flanagan, Gina Gempesaw, Jennifer Thomas, Cassie Harms, Lisa Morlan and Carolyn Beam

• Language: English
• Publisher: Annies
• Release date: Sep 5, 2023
• ISBN: 9781640256125

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Celebrate

Enhance your table from Memorial Day to Veterans Day with this festive runner.

Designed & Quilted by Julie Weaver

Skill Level

Confident Beginner

Finished Sizes

Runner Size: 45 × 18

Block Size: 8 × 8

Number of Blocks: 4

Celebrate

8 × 8 Finished Block Make 4

Materials

⅓ yard white print*

1 yard blue print*

½ yard red print*

½ yard white solid*

1½ yards backing

26 × 51 batting*

Basic sewing tools and supplies

*Fabrics from the Isabella collection by Minick & Simpson for Moda; Warm & Natural cotton batting from The Warm Company used to make sample.

Project Notes

Read all instructions before beginning this project.

Stitch right sides together using a ¼" seam allowance unless otherwise specified.

Materials and cutting lists assume 40" of usable fabric width for yardage.

Arrows indicate directions to press seams.

WOF – width of fabric

HST – half-square triangle

QST – quarter-square triangle

Cutting

From white print cut:

3 (1½" × WOF) G strips

16 (1½ × 2½) A rectangles

16 (1½") C squares

From blue print cut:

32 (2½") H squares

3 (1½" × WOF) strips, stitch short ends to short ends, then subcut into:

2 (1½ × 43½) O strips

2 (1½ × 37½) K strips

2 (1½ × 18½) P strips

5 (1½ × 8½) J rectangles

32 (1½") B squares

4 (2½" × WOF) binding strips

From red print cut:

6 (1½" × WOF) F strips

8 (2½") D squares

4 (1½") M squares

From white solid cut:

3 (1½" × WOF) E strips

2 (1½ × 41½) L strips

2 (1½ × 14½) N strips

16 (1½ × 2½) I rectangles

Completing the Blocks

1. Refer to Sew & Flip Flying Geese and use the A rectangles and B squares to make 16 A-B units (Figure 1).

Figure 1

2. Arrange three rows using four C squares, four A-B units and one D square (Figure 2). Sew the rows and then join the rows to make a block center. Make four.

Figure 2

3. Sew together an E strip and an F strip (Figure 3). Make three strip sets. From the strip sets, cut 16 each of the 4½- and 1½-wide E-F segments.

Figure 3

4. Sew together a G strip and an F strip (Figure 4). Make three strip sets. From the strip sets, cut 48 border units each 2½" wide.

Figure 4

5. Refer again to Sew & Flip Flying Geese and use the 4½" E-F segments and H squares to make 16 E-F-H units (Figure 5).

Figure 5

6. Sew an I rectangle to each 1½" E-F segment (Figure 6). Make 16 E-F-I units.

Figure 6

7. Arrange three rows using four E-F-I units, four E-F-H units and one block center (Figure 7). Sew the rows and then join the rows to make a block. Make four.