[Nfb-krafters-korner] flag directions

[Carol Osmar]

Good job Ramona. I didn't write down the pattern but this sounds correct. The beads that were used were pony beads.

Carol

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> On Aug 18, 2016, at 7:29 PM, Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I think I can remember, but my memory is so/so. Carol, please correct this
> if you see errors.  
> 
> 
> 
> You buy eight two-inch gold safety pins for each flag.  Then you buy red,
> white, and blue beads with holes through the middle large enough to put the
> straight part of the safety pin through.  .  Sorry, I can't tell you what
> size the beads must be, but hopefully Carol or Theresa can.  On four pins
> you place 7 beads, beginning with red and alternating colors.  Then put one
> pin through the  end that does not open.  Do three additional pins just like
> this.  Then you make three pins using red, white, red, white, and three blue
> beads.  All seven pins should now be suspended from the pin across the top.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Now you need to straighten out the top pin and slide the other seven around
> the turn which is largely straightened out.  When they are all around, you
> bend the top pin back so that it can be fastened.  As you look at the pin,
> you should have three beads across and three blue beads up and down at the
> right top of the flag.  There should be four red stripes and three white
> stripes up and down with the red on top and bottom and alternating with the
> white.  These pins are all hanging loose from the top pin.  The top pin can
> be attached to a shirt with its fastener at the left as you wear the flag. 
> 
> After reading this over, I am wondering if we really used 7 beads on each
> pin or six.  It mayh be that we could only fit six beads, so the top red
> bead would be eliminated, and the white stripe in the middle would only go
> on the first four pins. 
> 
> It took some people longer than others of course, but they liked the
> project.  You have to sort the colors ahead of time in different containers
> which should be open and flat so crafters can pick up the beads easily.  We
> had anywhere between 2 and 8 people working at the same time, and we just
> had to pass the bead containers back and forth.  That was one of my jobs.
> Ed Osmar also handled this project, but he and Carol bought the stuff and
> really worked out the final design. 
> 
> I hope my directions make sense.     
> 
> Ramona 
> 
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