Sweet Liberty Quilt Pattern – Patriotic Flag, Ribbon and Star quilt

This patriotic quilt measures 72″ x 72″ and is made up of 12″ finished blocks. It features a fun mix of pieced stars, American flags, and festive red bows—all in a red, white, and blue color scheme.

The blocks are arranged in a 6×6 layout, giving it a bold and balanced design that’s perfect for summer stitching, holidays, or showing off your love for quilting and country.

I designed this quilt a few weeks ago and it has seriously been bugging me since! I’ve wanted to sew it together, but didn’t really have the fabric… so I dug through the stash and found what I needed.

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I absolutely love how it turned out! The ribbon quilt blocks could have been sewn in a smaller size… but they are ok, so I left them.

There is quite a bit of background in the quilt – feel free to switch it out for fun prints in the outside borders!

Materials Needed:

Background – 4 yards

Red – 1 yard

Blue 3/4 yard

Light Red – 1/2 yard

Star Block

Background: 32 – 4 1/2” 4 1/2”
Background: 8 – 5 1/2” x 5 1/2”
Blue: 16 – 5 1/2” x 5 1/2”
Red: 8 – 5 1/2” x 5 1/2”

Half Square Triangles

1. Draw a diagonal line on wrong side of background and red 5 1/2” squares, from corner to corner
2. Place 8 Background and Blue, right sides together.
3. Sew 1/4” seam on both sides of the drawn line
4. Cut on the drawn line, press toward darker fabric, trim half square triangles to 4 1/2” x 4 1/2” *Make 16 HST’s / each combination

1. Repeat with 8 Blue and Red

Hour Glass Instructions

1. Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of the white and blue HST, from corner to corner
2. Place white and blue HST with red and blue HST (blues are opposite) right sides together, lining up that center seam
3. Sew 1/4” seam on both sides of the drawn line
4. Cut on the drawn line, trim hour glass blocks to 4 1/2” x 4 1/2”
   *Make 32 hour glass blocks

Block Assembly

1. Lay the block out using the hour glass blocks and background squares
2. Sew into three rows of three *notice the direction of the hour glass blocks
3. Sew the rows together to complete the block / Trim to 12 1/2” x 12 1/2”
   *Make eight blocks

Flag Block

Background: 18 – 2 1/2” 12 1/2”
18 – 1 1/2” x 7 1/2”
18 – 1 1/2” x 12 1 /2”
Blue: 9 – 4 1/2” x 5 1/2”
Red: 18 – 1 1/2” x 7 1/2”
18 – 1 1/2” x 12 1/2”

Block Assembly

1. Alternate the background and red strips / matching their length
2. Sew the strips together making 9 sets of 7 1/2” and 9 sets of 12 1/2”
3. Sew the blue rectangle to the left side of the 7 1/2” stripe set
4. Sew the 12 1/2” stripe set to the bottom of the flag unit
5. Sew the 2 1/2” x 12 1/2” background to the top and bottom of the block
   Trim to 12 1/2” x 12 1/2”
   *make nine blocks

Ribbon Block

Background: 8 – 3”x 3”
40 – 2 1/2” x 2 1/2”
16 – 2 1/2” x 3 1 /2”
8 – 6” x 7”
Light Red: 8 – 2 1/2” x 2 1/2”
8 – 6” x 7”

Red: 16 – 4 1/2” x 5 1/2”
8 – 3” x 3”

Half Square Triangles

1. Draw a diagonal line on wrong side of background 3” squares, from corner to corner
2. Place background and Red 3” squares right sides together
3. Sew 1/4” seam on both sides of the drawn line
   Cut on the drawn line, press toward darker fabric, trim half square triangles to 2 1/2” x 2 1/2”
   *Make 16 HST’s

Ribbon Ties

1. Cut right sides facing up 4- 6” x 7” diagonally from top left to bottom right
2. Cut right sides facing up 4- 6” x 7” diagonally from top right to bottom left
3. Repeat with the light red 6” x 7”
4. Lay right sides together one background and light pink triangles and sew – Make sure they make the correct rectangle shape before sewing!
   *Make 8 – Each Layout

Top Ties

1. Draw a diagonal line on wrong side of background 2 1/2” squares, from corner to corner
2. Place 2 1/2” square on the top right corner and opposite corner of 8 rectangles
3. Sew on the drawn line, cut 1/4” past the seam
4. Repeat with other rectangles – placing 2 1/2” square on the top left corner and opposite corner.
5. Sew on the drawn line, cut 1/2” past the seam
   Press well and trim to 4 1/2” x 5 1/2”
   *Make 8 of each layout

Instructions

1. Sew light red and background 2 1/2” squares together
2. Repeat for a total of 8 units
3. Sew the HST from step 1 to the 2 1/2” x 3 1/2” background- 4 to the left and 4 to the right
4. Repeat for a total of 8 units each (notice direction of HST)
5. Sew these to the bottom of the half rectangles – noticing the placement of the hst

Block Assembly

1. Sew the light red and background unit from above in the center of the top ties section – notice the direction of the corner backgrounds
2. Sew the 2 1/2” strip in the center of the half rectangle sections
3. Sew these two rows together to complete the block
4. Trim to 12 1/2” x 12 1/2”
   Sew eight blocks

Assembly of the Quilt top

1. Lay the blocks out, referring to the image *the background sashing is a little darker to show contrast
2. Sew sashing in between the blocks, sew into 5 rows *notice direction of the flag blocks
3. Sew the 68 1/2” sashing in between each row
4. Sew the 68 1/2” sashing to the top and bottom
5. Sew the 72 1/2” strip to the sides

Finishing The Quilt

1. Cut or piece together your batting and a piece of quilt backing fabric.

2. Make a quilt sandwich with the backing, batting, and top.

3. Baste together with fusible batting, pins or basting spray.

3. Quilt as desired. A few of my favorite ways to quilt are Straight line quilting or cross hatch quilting. Use a walking foot on your sewing machine. Trim away the extra batting and backing.

4. Cut strips of fabric for the binding. Cut 2 1/2” tall (sometimes I use 2 1/4″) binding strips. Sew the binding strips together and bind using your favorite technique.

More Patriotic Patterns

Patriotic Pinwheel – a fun take on the disappearing technique with the pinwheel quilt block.

Whip up the Flag pillow quickly using the quilt as you go technique. It’s perfect for using your scraps.

This simple no-sew star banner is great for decorating your home during the summer.

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