Patriotic Patchwork Star

Celebrate and decorate for the 4th of July and Memorial Day holidays by DIY’ing some affordable red, white, and blue Americana decor. This Patriotic Patchwork Star is the perfect way to craft and decorate your home on a budget!

Patriotic Patchwork Star with red, white, and blue Americana scrapbook paper on a Dollar Tree surface with scrabble tile word freedom and a shiplap background for DIY Decor for the 4th of July.

I love to patchwork *all the things*!

I’ve done a cute Dollar Tree Patchwork Pumpkin for Fall, a Patchwork Shamrock in The CRafterparty, and now this Patriotic Patchwork Star for July 4th.

The completed project displayed hanging on the wall next to a chunky candlestick and a small twine star.

Use any and every red, white, and blue scrapbook paper that you have, and throw in some burlap and lace for good measure.

I just love the way the neutral music sheet paper gives this patchwork star an old vintage-y vibe.

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Supplies Needed to Make a Patriotic Patchwork Star

All of the supplies needed to make the craft laid out on the table. Scrapbook paper, twine, wood beads, and music sheet paper along with wood stars.

Dollar Tree wood frame surface
Wood Star – 6″
Scrapbook Paper: Faux shiplap (for background), Patriotic colors, Music Sheet
Lace
Scrabble tiles : FREEDOM
Half Wood Beads
Wood Beads – 20 mm
Burlap
Twine
Apple Barrel Barn Red paint
Antique wax
Mod Podge
Hot glue gun

How to Make a Patriotic Patchwork Star

I made this Patriotic Patchwork Star on video, so you can WATCH it or click on the picture right below.

Amanda holding the completed project on a Facebook live thumbnail.

Watch the video here

I started off by painting my entire Dollar Tree wood frame background with Barn Red paint.

Then, Mod Podged a piece of faux shiplap wood scrapbook paper to the center as the background.

For the star, I ripped up a BUNCH of different patriotic patterned scrapbook paper, music sheet paper, and cut some pieces of burlap and lace. The pieces weren’t any particular size and some were bigger then others. I did it totally randomly!

The wood patchwork star with patriotic scrapbook paper mod podged to the front with a shiplap background.

Then, I Mod Podged them to my wood star in a patchwork fashion, covering the entire star and Mod Podging over the top of them as I went.

Next, I glued the patchwork star to the inside of the frame, leaving room at the bottom for the word FREEDOM.

I cut a small strip of burlap and then frayed the edges before gluing under the star.

I added the word FREEDOM, but you could add any word that you want, or even a small phrase like “Land of the Free”.

The word freedom in scrabble tiles glued under the star with a piece of burlap underneath.

I thought it needed a little somethin’ somethin’, so I stained 4 half wood beads and glued one on each corner.

A small half wood bead in the corner of the frame.

I decided on a partial wood bead hanger and used twine with 3 wood beads on each side.

This particular Dollar Tree frame already had the holes and came with the twine, so I just added the wood beads. If your background doesn’t have the built in hanger you would just glue the hanger to the back of the background.

How cute is this Patriotic Patchwork Star!?

Are you going to make a Patriotic Patchwork Star this year? Shoot…are you gonna make any Patriotic crafts?! If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.

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