Beige fabrics
- Because this fabric will also be used in the stars, cut off eight inches and set aside. Cut remaining fabric into 3-7/8-inch strips, then into squares as done with the red fabric. Place in individual stacks. From the eight-inch piece, cut into 1-7/8-inch strips and cut 26, 1-7/8-inch squares. Also cut 13, 1-1/2-inch squares for the center of the stars.
Blue fabric
- Cut three, 1-1/2-inch strips. Cut the strips into 52, 1-1/2-inch squares. Next, from the remaining fabric, cut two, 1-7/8-inch strips and cut into 26, 1-7/8-inch squares.
Organizing fabrics
This organization tip will create a scrappy look for the quilt. Beginning with the red stacks created (figure C), take a triangle from stack 1 and a triangle from stack 2 then stitch together. Press to the dark. Take another triangle from stack 1 and a triangle from stack 3 and stitch together, press to the dark. Continue this method until a stack 1 triangle has been stitched to the other triangles. Then start with stack 2 and continue the same method as done with stack 1.
This assembly method can also done with the beige fabric.
Stripe construction
For the top rows that will be joined to the blue field, stitch the squares together to create the stripes. When laying out the squares to be stitched, no two like fabrics should be sewn together and seams should run from left to right. For the top rows, a total of three rows of red squares consisting of ten squares each will be needed, plus two rows of beige squares, consisting of 16 squares (figure D).
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