🇺🇸 NO SEW RAG FLAG... an easy family project to celebrate America! My flag has been featured in many magazines including July 2024 @womansdaymag . (Comment “links” to save this/ purchase materials or find it on my LTK. )
Materials Needed:
• Fabric scissors • Various red and white fabrics. • Jumbo Rick Rack (1 1⁄4 in) • Pom Pom garland • Star fabric • 3’ or 4’ stick or wooden rod • Fabric glue
🇺🇸I made a 4’ x 6’ flag to hang from a pergola outdoors although I had enough left over to make a small 2’ x 3’ flag to hang under a tree.
Prep Work:
1. Buy 2 yards of each fabric print and trim.
2. Choose your rod or stick. With a small hand saw, I cut a 4’ tree branch from a tree in our yard. You can also use a dowel rod.
Steps:
1. Cut red and white fabric into 3’ in strips about 2 yards long. (Adjust proportionately if you are making a smaller one.) These strips don’t have to be perfect or even.
2. Alternate red and white strips across the length of the stick...leaving 2-4’ inc...