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Laura Lee Bartholomew commented on the blog post How to Sew Flags 1 week, 2 days ago · View What happened to your handy-dandy weight calculator that was on the old website? It would be very useful right now. My friend Amy gave me some silk she dyed measuring 42×54 in. per flag. I was hoping to use the calculator to determine the length of my weight cords.
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Thomas commented on the blog post How to Sew Flags 2 weeks, 3 days ago · View
If a standard size flag set is 36×45. What are the dimensions for a large set and lengths of the weights for handles?
Thanks,
Thomas
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admin (Phillip) wrote a new blog post: Silk Dyes 1 month, 1 week ago · View
This is a quick list of the acid dyes that work well for silk flag making. More details to come.
Dharma Trading Company:Hot Fuscia #620 Brilliant Kelly Green #627 Chartreuse #628 Brilliant Blue #623 (just ok) Dharma used to have a good yellow dye, called “dharma flourescent yellow”, but I’m not sure if it’s still available.
Aljo:Flavine Yellow (good yellow) Rhodamine B [...]
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Don Baker wrote a new blog post: Dyes 1 month, 1 week ago · View
March 10, 2004 I encourage everyone to try this creative endeavor. The design possibilities are limitless. If you have never dyed a set of flags, this should give you a good start. If you have done dye work in the past, I hope that you find this information useful. There are many dye products available. [...]
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Don Baker wrote a new blog post: Dyes and Stuff 1 month, 1 week ago · View
By Don Baker July 2001 Several people have been asking me about my dye work recently, so I thought I would share a few things. This post is in no way meant to be an absolute source of methods, materials, or techniques, and is not even meant to be a guideline, just a sharing of [...]
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kevin commented on the blog post Simple Pride I 1 month, 1 week ago · View
are these the only flags you have available at the moment?
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admin (Phillip) commented on the blog post How to Sew Flags 2 months, 1 week ago · View
Hi Bill, Glad to hear you like the flags! Regarding your questions…I don’t quite understand your description of how they are sewn. Can you send me a private message so we can discuss? There are a couple of techniques to slow down wear and tear: a. Roll the weights a turn or two into the flag [...]
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BillZ commented on the blog post How to Sew Flags 2 months, 3 weeks ago · View
And i need advice, My new Flags are different sizes, one sewn on the “none weight” side and the other not. Also, the silk is beginning pull from the weigh at the handle and wanted to know if I should cut them to equal size and then sew the one that is not sewn, and [...]
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BillZ commented on the blog post How to Sew Flags 2 months, 3 weeks ago · View
OMG, I love my new second set of Flags You Folks Sent Me! It took me 3 or 4 years to wear my first set out! My new ones are even more amazing and over the past two months have played in at the Garden of the Gods, Paris, Dupont Circle, Mollusk VA. And I [...]
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Randy scorpio commented on the blog post Flagging in the Park 2 months, 4 weeks ago · View
I know I do not have all the songs correct but I can only say I tried ,,lol but you will get the point and the fun I had ….. hope you enjoy as much as we had fun making them …Xavier and Hubby thanks so much for letting us be apart of this tremendous [...]
