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Thursday, April 16, 2020

Disecting Flags

During the holidays I made a pillow with my Mum.  It was made out of an old torn Maritime flag that I got from my Dad. 

 First we cut the stars out of the ripped end, and then we disected the flag into two pieces, the ripped and the nonripped.

Then we sewed the stars on the plain side of the flag, but we left a bit open and stuffed it full of stuffing.  Once the stars were full I sewed them shut. This is a technique called appliqe. 
Then we put it all together, made an inner and sewed it up.  This is what it looks like all together.



5 comments:

  1. Wow Taeo, that is super cool! I bet you have to be really patient to stuff and sew the stars. Now when you look at the pillow it will remind you of this crazy time. Sewing is such a great skill to have.

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  2. That's really cool Taeo.

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  3. Wow That is awesome, great work.
    do you have plans to make anything else now?

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  4. Great work Taeo. This looks so comfortable and is a great way to recycle.

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  5. Hi Taeo, I love your pillow and I particularly love that you didn't have to spend money in a shop and buy it. Its as good as any if not better than one you would buy in a shop. I think its great that you recycled something old and created something new. It looks awesome, you must have great sewing skills.

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