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Americana Friendship Block Request for Jan Westerman

The block size may be 6 ½”, 9 ½’, or 12 ½” square (Unfinished).    Either a Patriotic Star Block OR American  Applique design.  Background fabric should be Off- White or White

Any technique is fine (pieced Star block, a foundation pieced, or applique design,).  If fusible applique is chosen, please be sure to stitch down the edges to make the blocks permanent.

Embellish, if you wish ~~ buttons, rick rack, beads, ribbons, trims, lace, embroidery.   

If you have a small amount of extra Americana-themed pieces to share with me I will incorporate it into the quilt.

Choose an idea from a guild library book, Pinterest (Americana décor), or create your own.

I would really like for you to sign your block on the FRONT (not in the seam allowance). 

Deadline: by the end of the guild meeting on November 20, 2025. Turn your block in to Lisa Gamble so that she can record your block for a Friendship Block credit, then she will have a photograph of your piece of art put on our Friendship Block page on the guild’s website.

United States Semiquincentennial, also called the Bisesquicentennial, the Sestercentennial, America250 or the Quarter Millennium, will be the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. Festivities will mark various events leading up to the Declaration's anniversary on Independence Day, July 4, 2026.