DIY: Lunar New Year Garden Flag

01/29/2018

The Prob­lem: I want a spe­cif­ic gar­den flag that can­not be found after an exhaus­tive search online.

The Solu­tion: Make it myself.

Mate­ri­als: Fab­ric paint, fab­ric mark­ers, scis­sors, nylon fab­ric, sewing machine, thread, pen­cil, tooth­picks, tow­els, iron, fuse web (option­al: all-pur­pose knives, heal­ing mat)

Tips:

• I tried to use an X‑Acto knife, but it was not use­ful for me and frayed the fab­ric. Scis­sors were much eas­i­er. A rotary cutter/X‑Acto knife is per­fect for mak­ing straight cuts (ie the flag itself).
• Don’t for­get that fuse web needs to be traced on back­wards!
• Take it easy with the sewing ped­al, lol.
• If I were to do it again, I’d have used red thread, instead of yel­low because I’m only a begin­ner sew­er. That way my lack of abil­i­ty and impa­tience would­n’t be so obvi­ous.
• Be care­ful when you’re paint­ing, not to smear it every­where
• Do not over­heat the puffy vel­vet mark­er if that’s what you’re using
• Maybe try a real paint­brush for detail instead of my tooth­pick.
• The nylon will shrink when ironed, so take that into con­sid­er­a­tion and I would def­i­nite­ly rec­om­mend iron­ing the blank flag before try­ing to fuse.
• Patience! Steady hand! Reduce inter­rup­tions from peo­ple or dogs!