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Classic Garden Flag

Add a stitch of glamour to your garden with this classic garden flag tutorial. Simply choose a durable fabric and your favorite design to construct this lovely project. Our step-by-step instructions make it easy to make garden flags for every season and in every color you can imagine!

Supplies

Project Needs & Notes:

- 1 yard of main fabric
- 1/2 yard of contrasting fabric for finished edge
- Cut away stabilizer
- Temporary spray adhesive (such as Gunold KK100)
- Pins
- Embroidery thread
- Cotton thread
- Air erase pen or temporary marking tool
- Masking tape or painter's tape
- Scissors
- Quilting ruler
- Iron
- Pressing cloth

Designs featured in this tutorial include:
- M30529, Sweet Roses Watering Can

Products Used

  • Sweet Roses Watering Can (Sku: ESP59914-1)

Steps To Complete

For this garden flag we used the largest size of Sweet Roses Watering Can (m30529). This design is measured at 7.28" tall and 6.88" wide. When picking a design for this project, choose something square in shape where the height is almost the same as the width. Any square design 8" x 8" or smaller is a great fit for this garden flag.

To begin, cut a piece of the main fabric (the design will be embroidered on this fabric piece) and cutaway stabilizer so that they are both larger than the embroidery hoop. The outer dimensions of hoop we used are 10" X 14".

For best results, make sure the fabric is at least 2" larger than the hoop in both height and width. We cut our fabric and stabilizer to 16"x16".

Spray the cutaway stabilizer with temporary adhesive. Then, smooth the stabilizer onto the wrong side of the main fabric piece.

Next, use a dry erase pen and a quilting ruler to draw a square in the center of the fabric. This square should measure 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" and will be the center of your garden flag. Drawing this square before embroidering the design allows the design to be centered more easily.