These cute & simple mini American Flags were made during a Facebook live! I don’t know about you, but I absolutely LOVE no-sew fabric crafts……and the spool was the perfect base! You could easily repurpose some vintage spools for this project, but I chose to use items that were easily accessible for my followers! 🙂
Choose fabrics that match your other patriotic decor & paint/distress to your liking! Perfect in tiered trays, decor gatherings or alone to add some love for America around your home! I’ll share the supplies I used & simple steps in case you’re interested in making! & I’ll also include a 60sec tutorial video in case you want to see one begin made!
Here are the SUPPLIES I used:
- Patriotic Fabric (Hobby Lobby)
- Wooden Spools (Hobby Lobby item#449942)
- Skinny Sticks (Walmart)
- Spanish Moss
- Waverly Brown Antique Wax
- Off-white Chalk Paint
- Hot Glue Gun
- Scissors
- Rag
- Paint Brush
- Sanding Block
Step 1- using a rag, I rubbed antiquing wax on to unfinished spool & stick
Step 2- use a dry brush to paint off-white chalk paint onto spool, after it’s dry, use sanding block to distress
Step 3- Cut 1 big rectangle out of red striped fabric & 2 smaller rectangles out of blue fabric
Step 4- Glue fabric onto flat skinny sticks
Step 5- Something I did to keep my stick from falling through hole was stuff scrap fabric into spool hole. Depending on what type of stick/spool you use, you may can skip this step.
Step 5- Glue mini flag into spool
Step 6- Lastly, glue a little spanish moss on top of spool for added embellishment
I had fun styling these sweet little, mini flags with some vintage treasures and in this DIY Dollar Tree Caddy & if you want to see how I made the canvas banner shown below, you can find that tutorial HERE!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you’re inspired to make some of your own! & DID YOU KNOW you can tap on any picture in this blog post & save it to your Pinterest boards!!?? It’s a great way to save ideas to come back to later!! Stay Creative!!
