I finally found a perfect place for it, and just love it. If you would like one for yourself...follow me below, I will show you step by step how we made ours.
Find some pallets, I get mine, free, from a local farm and tractor store, they have given me permission to pick through all their broken pallets and take what I want....love them and support them!
We used 7 long pieces and painted them with a white wash (white paint with a little water). When they were dry I took some tape and placed it on half of it and then used a red wash (red paint with a little water) and painted the other half. Be careful with this so it doesn't run. There are 13 red and white stripes on the flag, so after they were all dry, Rick took one board and sawed one right down the middle...red stripe on top and bottom.
Then you want to secure the whole piece, we used some scraps and screwed the pieces to the two boards, we then put in keyholes for hangers, you can use what ever you like.
Then I painted the top left corner blue and added the stars....do you see the mistake here?? I didn't until after I painted all 12 stars..yup...darn it...so back to my silhouette to find the correct one...with the correct number of 13. This is where I want you know, even if you make a mistake, don't fret about it, especially if it can be sanded and repainted or covered again...like I did..twice :)
Here is the correct number of stars for the Betty Ross Flag, 13 original colonies I was going for!
Awww, finished!! If you have done a re-purposed flag, please share in the comments, I love seeing what everyone else is doing!
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