I just finished one and I put three flags in it. For the field in the flag I use a navy blue with red, white and cream stars in the fabric then I used red and white for the stripes. Then I made all half sq. triangles 8" finished and did a zig zag effect thruout the quilt. It turned out beautiful (my own opinion) and will be given to my brother at Christmas as he is retired from the Navy. Oh the 1/2 sq triangles were all red, white and blue randomly chosen from fat qtrs that I had purchased.