Welcome! Soon our country will be celebrating 250 yrs. ! Every summer i usually decorate in red , white and blue at least one room. This year I have a bit all over. I found these super cute flags to craft as i was visiting Antique Farmhouse online shopping.
I thought, how cute and wow I could make these. So this was my inspiration. They can be either sewn or hot glued. I did sew them but just as easy with hot glue.
This is a list of items you will need:
Some white, off white fabric, i used some left over fabric painters dropcloth.
Some red fabric or ribbon
Some blue fabric, I used an old pair of jeans, ( my son won't even know they are gone lol.
If you are a beginner at sewing no problem. You will start by cutting your white fabric to your desired size, mine are around 10 in. Then just a simple stitching or gluing to one side so a stick can be inserted. There's no special way its whatever way you like, cut a blue square for the left hand corner, I then simply traced around a star cookie cutter with a scrap of white fabric Attach, then glue or sew the red stripes, be sure they are thin. And its that simple.
I wanted mine to look a bit vintage so I soaked them in a bucket of tea to stain them a bit.
I dried them flat on a towel. And this is the finished flags
They are much darker than the photo. But so cute. I used just some shshcabob sticks .they look nice in a pot with flowers or on their own in a pretty vessel.
Some may say i copy cated, but it was just inspiration.go ahead and make yourselves some of these festive flags, its relaxing and a fun project.
Happy Crafting!
Lisa
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