One of the most simple quilts with the patriotic fabrics I saw was a quilt made with nine or twelve inch blocks. There was four inch sashing between the blocks.
What made it nice was that the sampling of patriotic prints were in such a nice sized block that people could really enjoy the pattern.
(I don't suppose you want to go get some more samples from somewhere in the red, white, and blue theme, do you?) <g>
Anyway, when Jody did the quilting, it was absolutely straight line stitching, going across the blocks as though the blocks were actually nine patches.
It was very simple, and very striking ... I thought ... but, what do I know? I have brown eyes .... LOL