Pat,

I am well aware that Americans have been stitching flags since before there was a country. My own mother made service banners, which are also subject to federal regulation, during WWII.

And I am not suggesting that anyone would intentionally or unintentionally be disrepectful of the flag. A red, white and blue banner to display a coin collection is not disrepectful because it is not a flag. Making a red, white, and blue banner that looks like a flag to hold a coin collection, is, in my opinion, skating on thin ice. Somewhere I choose not to go.

This was not directed at you. Several folks were talking about making alterations, including me. It is amazing the number of people who do not know there are federal guidelines; we have all seen some crazy things done with the flag in an enthusiastic, but misguided display of patriotism. And I am not suggesting that anyone on this forum is among those.

My sole purpose was to share the information that I had looked at so each quilter could make an informed decision, and would be comfortable with any alterations she might make to the project. Pretty strightforward; you'll find that I am not clever enough to be sinister. LOL

Meg ... {{{{huggies}}}} ... I appreciate your posts and I <3 you,

Whew! That's a relief! I am glad we are still friends!

I do tend to have foot-in-mouth disease, so I am used to being called on the carpet.

I'm going to stop before I get into any more trouble! LOL

The main thing about this wallhanging is - while it has the blue square and the red & white stripes, the blue square is a checkerboard and there are no stars on it, so I really don't think there's too much danger of anyone getting into trouble for making it. Just my humble opinion!

Nola

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"I'm going to stop before I get into any more trouble! LOL "

yeah, right, meg!!!!!!!!! ROFLOL

pat, i never thought of a display quilt for the state quarters!! wonderful idea, thanks for mentioning this.

nola, if i PM my email addy to you could i possibly get a copy of that pattern? pretty, pretty please????????

linda, i REALLY like the idea of the Map Quilt for the quarters - can't wait to see what your creative mind cooks up for this idea . . .

BTW y'all . . . I'M HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cindy, you know me too well! You should the hornets nest I am stirring up on City-Data Forum about the Red Wings/Penguins game tonight. hehehehe I come from a long line of rabble rousers, what can I say!

Cindy, I sent a scanned copy of the pattern to the email addy listed on your profile. Did you get it yet? Or is that addy wrong? Let me know and if you didn't get it, email me with the correct address and I'll resend it.

Nola