Yeah! :) Americana Row 2 finally squared away

I had the hardest time figuring out what I wanted to use for my background on row 2 until my eye glanced across the tub holding some of my hubby's older Air Force uniforms. (I'm pulling all my stuff from stash, except that I did need to buy some red & white stripe fabric). His uniforms are PERFECT for this!  

And yes, he knows I harvested a BDU shirt for this.  :)

Using that necessitated some adjusted construction strategies. First I needed to resolve the issue with poor value difference on the hearts. They just melted into the cammies. So I edged all the pieces with a taupe plaid. Second, that stuff is like sewing with duck cloth canvas almost, so I appliqued the hearts onto whole blocks rather than piecing background around them. I turned the edges under and blanket stitched them on. No need for stabilizer with BDUs as the background.

Now for the fun of bin-diving for bird house scraps! - I really do love that. Not so much the clean-up afterward. . . 

Flag Salute

No stars yet, but here is my Flag/Heart Row. Yes, I know there's a backward flag, and I know 4 of the hearts are not quite right. That's okay with me. It is what it is.

I don't know about the stars, but I'll give one a shot.