There is a quilt using Friendship Stars and Rail Fence blocks on page 7 of the thread "show me your red, white and blue quilts" -posted by totosmom-- its quite a ways into the thread but think it might be the one you are looking for--has white star on blue background and red and white railroad fence. Good luck.

Just found another one on Pinterest which was similar but had blue star on white background--with narrower red and white strips in the rail fence block---also very simple and pretty.

Is this the quilt. It is by Toto's Mom .
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...r-t103088.html

There was a link to the new Connecting Threads American Celebration range - could this be it?

Hi knitette am I right the pattern I found above you is the pattern on the fabric you found top right?

this is an old thread, but the quilt might be what you like http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...r-t135814.html

It's very similar.

This was going to be my suggestion, I saved it to my PC 02/04/13, if that helps.

Take a look at this one on Quiltville...might not be what you remember, but sound like your description.
http://quiltville.com/ohstar.shtml

Also, similar to this, I think using the Warm Wishes pattern with a star block as the focal block would work very well. Use blue and red bars with a slightly wider white or cream bar in the middle.

The only thing I have seen posted that was patriotic was a tablerunner; Is this what you are talking about.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...r-t218566.html

Hope this is it. I know how frustrating it is to see something totally awesome and not be able to find it. Good luck.