My daughter found, among her fabric stash, red-white-blue printed fabric with flags on it.  “This will be great for a table runner for the 4th,” she remarked. 

So she’s hemming it, and will add solid color red, white, and blue napkins.  These can be fabric ones or paper.

Among the books available with project ideas utilizing red, white, and blue colors along with stars and stripes is:  Patriotic Little Quilts by Alice Berg, Sylvia Johnson, and Mary Ellen Von Holt.  Just the design on the cover inspires you to start one of these.

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Red, White & Blue for July 4th Quilts

More information can be found in the current Havasu Quilts newsletter (6/27/06) at www.havasuquilts.com.  Havasu Quilts is located at Lake Havasu City, AZ.

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Among these are patterns which refer to the sun:  Sunshine and Shadow, Basket of Sunflowers, Sunbean, Sunflower, Sun Dial, Sunburst, Blazing Sun, Harvest Sun, Rising Sun, Sunshine, Triple Sunflower, and Kansas Sunflower.

From the garden we may find Corn and Beans, Golden Corn, Gourd Vine, Cherries, Grapes and Vines, Melon Patch, Strawberry, Mary’s Garden, and Martha’s Vineyard.

Nowadays with pictorial and landscape quilts, quilters create seasonal scenes and may be taking photos this time of year to incorporate into their work.  They’ll also make quilts that reflect memories of family outings and special occasions throughout the summer.

Some of the traditional books where you’ll find summer ideas include : The Standard Book of Quilt Making and Collecting by Marguerite Ickis, The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America, and American Quilts by Elizabeth Wells Robertson.

More recent books are found below.

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Summer Quilt Ideas