Hoist the colours!
by Cookster on Apr.20, 2009, under Blog Shorts, Props
For Halloween this last year I wanted to display a pirate flag. The book Pirateology had a design I really resonnated with. These are the colours of a fictious female pirate by the name of Arabella Drummond.
The pattern was a hand drawn copy transferred to Wonder-Under and ironed onto muslin fabric. It was then easy to cut out and iron in place on the black fabric. I sewed a running stitch about 1/8 inch along the muslin edges. The skull and swords pattern appears on both sides of the flag.
April 20th, 2009 on 8:40 am
If it wasn’t a real pirate flag, it should have been!
Nice job!
April 20th, 2009 on 10:16 am
Yeah, this is definitely one of my favorite flags!
April 22nd, 2009 on 12:54 pm
Wow Diane! Wow is all I can say . . . now that’s what I call costuming! There is so much to read on your blogspot . . . I’m enraptured! This flag is Hollywood quality! I know what site I’m going to be reading with my morning toast and dt. coke!!
I’m so glad you dropped me line.
Sarah
April 22nd, 2009 on 1:04 pm
Thank-you Sarah so much for commenting! I can’t even get my two grown sons to comment and most of this stuff is about them. Now if I can only teach the cats to type, I’d be set.
April 22nd, 2009 on 11:29 pm
Cats can’t type but they do other things well.
Again, great flag.
What photos don’t show is that flag is identical on both sides; double cut outs, cloth and stitching!