Signature Star Blocks for Our Country's 250th!

We're creating Signature Star Blocks for one of our quilt panels that Commemorates Our Country's 250th Anniversary next year.  Once these Anniversary quilts have been dedicated, they will be awarded to area Veterans and Service Members to honor their service and sacrifice for Our Country.  

This is one of the panels we're creating these Signature Star blocks for:


Northcott Limited Edition quilt panel

And here's one of our Signature Star blocks designed specifically for this quilt panel:

Signature Star block


We borrowed one of Lori Holt's criss-cross star blocks, 'snow-balled' it and created a Signature Star Block:

Lori Holt's Criss-Cross Star block

These criss-cross stars are a blast to 'chain out' and we 'batch them' in groups of 8 and/or 13 blocks - depending on which panel quilt lay-out we have chosen to create.

'Chaining out' the Sig Star units


...Sig Star units all ready for assembly:


Signature Star units all ready for assembly

For additional info on creating these Signature Star blocks for your 250th Anniversary quilt, feel free to contact me.


The Mission of Sweet Freedom Patriot Quilts:  "Dedicated to inspiring the creation of patriotic quilts to help Celebrate our Country's 250th Anniversary of FREEDOM."


FREEDOM to You and Yours in 2025/2026,

Deborah Lindley
Sweet Freedom Patriot Quilts
Sweet FreedomPatriotQuilts@gmail.com
217.264.2051
https://SweetFreedomPatriotQuilts.blogspot.com/

"Striving to Create Beautiful Sweet Freedom Patriot Quilts to Help Celebrate Our Country's 250th Anniversary...One Sweet Freedom Patriot Quilt at a Time...Come Join Us!"


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