I found this quilt pattern on Pinterest over a year ago.  It was a free pattern, I just had to print it on my home printer.   My 7-year-old grandson helped to tape the 20+ pages together to make the map.
  I know it’s hard to tell from this picture, but this quilt is a nice couch sized quilt.

 

I placed  large sheet of Pattern Ease over the pattern I’d taped together and drew out the map with a marker.  Then I outlined each state with 1/4 inch black fabric strips which had fusible on the back.  As you can see there was a lot of prep work but now the fun really begins.  I used a different fabric for each state.

I know Florida looks goofy in this picture, but it’s the only one I took while the quilt was in this state and I wanted you to see the progress.  As you can imagine, the New England states were the most difficult because of the size.

After I had filled in all the states, I cut the country out and placed in onto the background fabric, using fabric glue to adhere it.

 

Now for the quilting.  I did just a free motion meandering stitch.  Don’t know if you can tell, but the background was a fabric with postmarks on it.

I thought I was done with this project, but when I looked at the pin from Pinterest, I realized there was also a pattern for Canada.  Our family has a small cabin in Ontario and we visit there often.