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Our original nation consisted of thirteen states, but almost immediately began growing. Soon, Vermont and Kentucky gained statehood. And so, two more stars and two more stripes were added to the flag. This is the story of the most famous of those flags. It should stand as an inspiration to quilters whose dream is to make a “really big quilt”.

Eight strips of red worsted wool had to be two feet wide, but the fabric was only eighteen inches in width. So, six more inches were cut from the bolt and added to the eighteen. Then the process was repeated with seven strips of white, the longest being 42 feet. These were sewn together in alternating colors and a blue rectangle about 16 by 21 feet was added in one corner. Fifteen white five-pointed stars were scattered into the blue field, each one almost two feet across. The blue fabric behind the stars was snipped away and the edges bound so that the stars showed from each side. This project was so immense that the seamstress, Mary Pickersgill moved the project from her home to the floor of nearby Claggett’s brewery. Thus was born the flag that would become the symbol of the young United States of America. Long before it flew to the moon, waved over the White House or was folded into tight triangles at Arlington National Cemetery; before it became a lapel fixture, testified to the Marines' possession of Iwo Jima, or fluttered over front porches, fire trucks and construction cranes; it would inspire the poem that would become our national anthem.

But what confluence of events occurred to cause this historical moment?

Tune in after Flag Day (June 14) and before Independance Day (July 4) for the rest of the story. In the meantime, stop by the Shop and see the panel of The Flags of Freedom and other fabrics celebrating our great nation. AND FLY THE FLAG.