Everyday America

Everyday America, May 2026

How can it already be the end of June? Time seems to be flying by at record speed. We've been busy with everyday life, settling into and organizing our home.

I am back to my normal pace in the sewing room, with a backlog of ideas waiting to be started. Today's quilt is a vintage 1920's design called Rob Peter To Pay Paul. It was also published as Sugar Bowl, Orange Peel, Turn About, and Pin Cushion. It would have been fairly common to see during the 20's through the 60's.

Red, white and blue remnants are perfect for this patriotic layout. The Janome with her HP ¼” foot made piecing these precise curves easy. I quilted in rows 2½” apart in a scallop stitch with white thread. Everyday America is 44” square, and completed in May.

With July comes the heat of summer. Temps are predicted in the high 90's with heat indexes around 110 degrees all this week in Tennessee. Guess I have no choice but to stay inside and catch up on my quilting projects! Y'all stay cool for Independence Day!

Accuquilt dies used:
55066 & 55067 Rob Peter To Pay Paul
55017 Strips 2½” binding

 

American Pie

American Pie

Curved seam lines with red, white, and blue prints give this striking quilt a patriotic vibe.

The 12” blocks make it quick and easy to cut and sew. American Pie finished at 48” square. I quilted with white thread, using a circle ruler template for the loopy design.

Striped red and blue binding finished it off perfectly. All piecing and quilting was done on my Janome MC 9450.

Dies used:
Blue Wren 6602 Curve in a Square 6” quarter block
Accuquilt 55017 Strips 2½”

Grateful for our military personnel, 

past and present

American Heroes

American Heroes

Today, Memorial Day, is set aside to honor those heroes who died while protecting our country.

I sewed this 44” wall hanging with red, white, and blue remnants. Simple, yet striking. 

I cut blue prints with two segments of Charming Rings die, and appliqued it to one corner of a 22” square. Then I sewed red wedge pieces together, aligned them, and appliqued. 

I carefully trimmed the excess fabric underneath before sewing all four squares together.  I quilted with white thread in diagonal lines.  

I love the result of my day of playing with scraps. American Heroes is on the wall in my dining room, alongside my other red, white and blue quilts used to decorate our home from now through July 4^th.

Today, remember the heroes.

Dies used:
Blue Wren 6858 Charming Rings 8”
Accuquilt 55439 Wedge 9”