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Just in time for Summer.  
Make this USA wallhanging!
Finished size 16 x 21 inches 
Free pattern and tutorial here.

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You will need an
1/8th to a 1/4 yard of:
Red print
White solid
Blue polka dot
Cream polka dot

Pink and yellow fabric scraps for "USA" and star.

1/4th yard of stripe fabric for binding

Batting and backing fabric approximately 20 x 25 inches




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  Cut:
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six-- 1 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch strips from red fabric

five -- 1 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch strips from white fabric

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From blue dot fabric cut:

2 -  2 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch strips

2 - 2 1/2 x 11 1/2 inch strips

​8 - 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch squares

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From cream dot cut:

2 - 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch strips

2 - 3 1/2 x 15 1/2 inch strips

4 - 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch squares


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Join red and white strips together to form the inside of star block.
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Press seems toward the darker fabric.

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Add the 11 1/2 inch blue strips to the sides and press towards the blue fabric.

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Add blue strips to the top and bottom and press.

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   Draw a line from corner to corner of blue squares.  Place 2 blue squares on cream polka dot fabric strips at each end.  Stitch on line, flip and press. Do this to all four cream strips.

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Add shorter cream strips with blue points to top and bottom of block.  

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To the longer cream strips, add cream squares to each end.  

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Add these strips to the sides of the block.  
Press in such a way that seams can "nestle" together where seams meet.


Trace star and USA letters to the paper backed fusible such as Steam a Seam.  Cut out and fuse to block using the finished picture as a guide for placement. (Sorry, forgot to take picture!)
 Print out pattern for star and letters here.
 
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Though the star and letters are fused, to make them more secure, I used my single stitch applique method to secure the edges.  
I layered the top, batting and backing and quilted mostly straight stitches with my domestic machine.  

For the binding, I cut two strips 2 1/8 by width of fabric (WOF), joined them together. I then ironed the binding strip in half and attached in to the quilted piece with a 1/4 inch seam.  I flipped the binding to the back and secured it with hand stitching.

I hope this tutorial was helpful and that you can now make a USA Wallhanging of your own!  
​Please feel free to share this with your quilting friends.
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