Patriotic Fabric Collage: "Proud to be an American"

Happy Independence Day! I hope your weekend continues to be great! Below are some photos of the other fabric collage that I completed this weekend, inspired by the holiday.

I recently added this charming photo to 

my "patriotic photos" collection.

I love the adorable children standing in a row.

It is a copy of an old RPPC printed onto fabric.

It looks like it must have been taken at

their school.

I love that the children are wearing  patriotic

banners and holding flags, and that

the little guy is dressed as Uncle Sam...

As with the piece that I posted about yesterday,

the blue fabric with the stars on it

that I used for the background is a piece of

antique indigo dating from the 1800s.

And the little quilted piece that the photo

sits upon is a square from an old quilt.

I bought a lot of these awhile ago

and posted about them previously.

Of course, I had to add some vintage lace

and crinkled seam binding to it, 

along with a paper flower held in place

by a BoBunny brad...

 

The stamped words are from the stamping

that I talked about in yesterday's post.

Again, I just cut out the phrase that

I wanted to use...

 

Like with the cutter quilt piece that I used in yesterday's piece,

the red has faded to a dusty rose...

...so for the hanger I used dusty rose crinkled seam binding,

and cream sari silk...

I really enjoyed using these old photos,

not to mention the cutter quilt pieces.

I am putting the finishing touches on two other pieces

that I worked on yesterday,

and will share them shortly (hopefully!).

Thanks for coming by,

and I hope you have a creative day!!