Long before Betsy Ross took a stitch in the first official flag of the United States of America, flags and banners were waving in the breeze atop flagstaffs. Sometimes it was the commander’s wife stitching a banner by candlelight. Sometimes it was the commander himself sewing a flag around which his troops could rally. Unsung and unknown, men and women stitched stripes and stars and patches together to create symbols of freedom.

Like knights of old, patriots carried their banners into battle, willing to give all to live in a country free of oppression.

Jan Patek and her husband both had fathers who made a career in the military. Jan has translated her love and pride of country into this marvelous quilt, Flags of the American Revolution. Stitch this piece of Americana for your own home or choose from one of the many projects offered such as the wool Flag Table Rug, Jake’s Eagles or the Stars and Stripes wall hanging.