| A quick and inexpensive way to decorate your home | | | | flags down. A total of 12 flags. |
| for a special occasion (birthday, anniversary, | | | | As not much fabric is required – check out the |
| graduation) or for the festive season (Christmas) is to | | | | remnant bins for bargain fabrics. |
| make a hanging flag banner. | | | | |
| Or, you can use the same method to make your very | | | | To Make |
| own Tibetan Prayer Flag or Inspirational Banner. | | | | Cut out your rectangles. As we will only be hemming |
| | | | | the top of each flag, you may want to cut the side |
| Measurements | | | | and bottom edges using pinking shears or other fancy |
| One string of flags measures 3m long (3 yards) and | | | | scissors. |
| contains 12 flags. Each finished flag measures 20cm | | | | For each rectangle, turn over 2cm (5/8") hem |
| by 23cm (or 8" by 9"). | | | | allowance on the top and machine stitch leaving |
| In the example below, I will be making two strings of | | | | enough room to loop through your cord. |
| flags. Please note you can make longer strings simply | | | | |
| by purchasing extra material and cord. | | | | To Decorate |
| | | | | You can really use your imagination here. Two simple |
| Materials | | | | methods to decorate are with fabric paint, and with |
| To make the 2 flag strings, you will need 6m (6 yards) | | | | iron on transfer paper (you create your own images |
| of soft cord approximately 3mm in diameter (one eight | | | | or words on your PC). |
| of an inch). | | | | You can use words (Happy Holidays, Ho! Ho! Ho!, |
| You will also need fabric in your choice of colours. For | | | | Happy Birthday), stylised pictures (like clipart), or even |
| a party, you can choose the guest's favourite colours, | | | | photos. |
| or just an assortment of plain fabrics (such as red, | | | | |
| yellow, green and blue). For Christmas, use red, white | | | | Inspirational Banner or Tibetan Prayer Flag |
| and green. | | | | Transfer some inspirational sayings from your |
| A half a metre (or half a yard) of each colour will be | | | | favourite books onto your flags. |
| sufficient for our purposes. | | | | |
| For example, if I buy 1/2 metre each of 2 colours from | | | | To Finish |
| a roll with a width of 120cm, I will be able to get 12 | | | | Simply loop your cord through the hemmed tops of |
| individual flags from each piece of fabric (20cm wide) | | | | each flag. If you are having trouble getting the cord |
| into 120cm – 6 flags across, and 25cm long (an | | | | through, try putting a small safety pin through your cord |
| extra 2cm seam allowance per flag) into 50cm – 2 | | | | and using this to nudge the cord through. |