Happy 4th of July!! Working on a Patriotic American Star Quilt

Update:  I have the patriotic topper ready to quilt!  A few photos to show the progress.

I added a 7 1/2 inch border to just the top of the quilt to make it a bit longer.  Each of the 9-patch block finishes at 29" so makes an 87 inch square topper.  I wanted it longer so made a sort of mirror image top border with low volumes.  It'll be under the pillows so won't really show anyway.

Planning to make a kaleidoscope Quilt in Red, White and Blue

 Here is my plan and can't wait to get started.

I found this free coloring chart on a blog called Confessions of a Fabric Addict, where she was hosting a QAL back in 2019.  You can click the link to get it if you want to make one too.  She has some other ways to color in for different looking quilts.

You would use a kalidescope ruler.  I actually have the Alaska ruler as well as this one so am ready to start cutting.  I love that this is a 9 patch so it should go together fairly quickly.

Beginning with the center block

Laying out some kaleidoscope blocks to see if I like the colors.  This will be the center of the nine patch after I add the corner triangles.

Adding more rows.  Red rows complete.

There is another blue and white row to add with the blue starts in the corners.  But I think it needs a bit more red.  Let's see how that goes.

I went back to my coloring page and added 12 red triangles

Another Color Way (actually my blue ink wasn't working and this is how it turned out)

Happy 4th of July!  Hope to be back soon with a finish!