2019 Patriotic Table Topper

For the past 7 years I have been making a 

Patriotic table runner or table topper

for my mom and my siblings.

My dad was one of the most patriotic people I know

and he died in July.

It started as something by which to remember

our father and I had no intentions of making one each year.

Well, 8 years later, I am still making something

patriotic to give to my family around July 4th.

The first runner is in the upper left hand corner of this photo.

Last years are at the bottom.

I had a plan for this years table topper and started creating the 2019 version.

Very quickly I realized what I had in my head was not going to work in fabric.

Plan B was found and here is this years table topper.

My original plan was to use buttons for the stars with a blue background,

but my buttons were too small.

I would have needed a lot more than 50 to fill the space

and I couldn't do that.

 

I had the red and white stripes cut and sewn already

and needed to find a star that would work.

Finally I found this star idea and altered it to fit my needs.

While the buttons would have been fun,

this is much more functional for a table topper.

I'm not sure the little quilt could have been hung

if it had a lot of buttons sewn to one corner,

so this ended up being the better way to make this years quilt.

 

The quilting is very simple

and I love the wavy lines on the flag.

 

The date needs to be added and then these will be ready to give

to my family.

I've already started thinking about next years quilt!

Today I'm linking to Design Wall Monday.

Happy Quilting!