I saw a flag on the blog Between Naps On The Porch (BNOTP) the other day and I loved it. It was created after the creator was inspired by a flag seen on a Pottery Barn catalogue as shown below:
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| That is a fabulous flag! |
??Pottery Barn is awesome of course and they just can’t seem to get it wrong. Although I love this flag, I simply would never pay the price they ask. If you know me, my philosophy is always “I can make that” and off I go to do that. The disadvantage of this philosophy is that it does take time to create what you could quickly and easily buy, but I just LOVE saving money and being resourceful! Here’s what the author of BNOTP created after being inspired by that Pottery Barn flag:
Very nice. Great display as well! I knew I wanted to try this project as I have a red, white and blue theme in my living room. I made my own variation with supplies I had on hand…here’s where it all began…
Scrappy wood pieces which were used for my board and batten project just hanging out in the basement and looking for a project to be used for!
I was much obliged…
First, I created and wooden flag with the scrap wood pieces simply with some wood glue and nails.
Then the to-be-flag was given some paint…
I painted it white and left the top left hand corner
to be painted blue…
every other stripe was painted red…then I traced a star on the flag and painted that as well. Then I distressed it all. There is a tutorial from BNOTP (click here if you would like to be redirected to this site…I just created the flag how I wanted and used the tutorial as a guide…)
Here she is now!
All in all, the flag is 34 x 22 just give you an idea on size and it now hangs in this room…
She will fit in fine here.
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Love your flag!! You did a wonderful job! PB is great inspiration!
What a wonderful accent for the room; fits in perfectly. Great job as always.
Fabulous flag!!!
I saw those at PB and on BNOTP too ! You did a great job on yours …. I especially like the one big star. It gave me an idea to make a Cuban version for my Cuban hubby’s office !
thanks for sharing,
gena
I love your interpretation! the one big star really has impact, thanks so much for linking up to VIF!
xoxo Debra