This is the Flying Free pattern I have been working on for my sister. Her home is decorated Americana and I thought this might go with her decor. If I don't hurry and finish it she will have changed the decor. She is not afraid to paint, change and redocorate in one weekend. These are a few pictures I took of the process (slow progress) of this project. First, I sewed all these squares together, then cut most of the square off to make a wave pattern. There is alot of waste in this project, but I now have a bigger stash.
This shows the detail of the red and white fabrics I picked. And I'm fairly sure this is not the exact cut to make. I goofed on this one. 
The stars were the hard part. I couldn't decide on which star to use. I didn't use the star in the Flying Free pattern. I couldn't make myself do them, they didn't look like stars--more points and more triangles. I was afraid of picking the wrong shape (too pointy or too perfect), or a shape that didn't go with the Americana theme. Last weekend I used a "Steam-a-Seam" product and ironed them to the blue fabric then stitched, zigzag stitch, around each star.
And today I pin basted. I want to sew a zigzag pattern in the white stripes and follow through the blue stripes. I planned ahead, I hope, not stitch over the stars. It will be a few days before I can finish this long project/process.
This has been in the works since last summer. My sister's birthday is in July. It was not complete last July. Then Christmas came and went and it is still not complete.
Hopefully this will be my first UFO (unfinished object) to be finished soon and crossed off the list of things (projects) to do this year.
