Flag Day

It is standard procedure for our household to display our flag on the appropriate days. Since we have been in our new house Ron has taken down my hanging plants and hooked our flag on the two rings that held the plants. We have a nest with two baby Purple Martins in the corner, right next to where he usually hangs the flag. Also to avoid having to remove the plants each time, we made the decision to put up a bracket for our flag... then Flag Day arrived and we had not taken care of that project. At 7:30 this morning we made a quick trip to Walmart and found a flag pole, complete with bracket and a new flag in one package.  Took about 5 minutes to get the bracket attached to the house and the new flag was blowing in the breeze before we headed off to church.

This is my latest project which started out as a panel.  I know, it doesn't look like much more than a panel at this point. 
The outer border was not part of the original panel and the star sashing and inside mini border were 3" strips running on both sides. I should have taken a photo before I started cutting.  I needed to change-up the panel before I started the quilting.
The intent was to use material I already had on hand. I will have to post a picture once this is done and hanging in our "smallest" room.

My attic window quilt has been complete for a while already.  This one has not found a new home yet, but is neatly folded in a stack of my completed treasures.



Below my Springtime Critters was assessed by Cabbage, my resident inspector... this one got her stamp of approval.
The back was almost as nice as the quilt top.