Easy Fabric American Flag Banner
I love this summer and all the American flags that are displayed during the holidays.
It is something about the graphics of the flag that I love.
In the past 12 years on Homeroad I've done a ton of American flag projects and sometimes the simple ones are the best!
Today's project is for the beginner and is super simple to do!
I began this project with a pile of red, white and blue fabric.
I purchased fat quarters like these at the fabric store and have used them on several projects already.
I used the same fabric on this rag banner too.
As you scroll through this post please pay attention to the bold blue links for all the details on these projects!
I love the red fabric I used for the flags, it is reversible and looks like different flag stripes on both sides.
I cut out rectangles that were about 3x5" of my red fabric.
Next, I cut out small rectangles to represent the field of stars.
I chose fabrics that would look like stars and stripes, there is no sewing involved, the frayed edges are best.
Lastly I tore 1" strips of a third blue fabric for the ties between the flags.
I hot glued the small blue field of stars to the corners of the red striped fabric.
I laid out a piece of cotton twine about 6' long and hot glued the fabric flags to the twine.
In between each flag I tied a knot of frayed blue fabric.
Be sure to place your blue field of stars in the left hand corner of the flags for vertical hanging flags.
I made a few more flags with the field of blue on the right for stick flags.
The stick flags are attached to wooden skewers and are perfect to stick in plants and decorate around the house for the Fourth of July.
The flag banner is being hung on my mantel this year for Memorial Day and the Fourth of July.
The candlesticks on the mantel were another easy Homeroad project.
The backpack basket of flowers was an easy basket transformation too!
Decorating with flags and banners is easy and inexpensive to do for summer decorating.
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