Burlap Garden Flag

I'm so excited about my burlap garden flag!!  It turned out so much better than what I had in my head!!  Probably because I'm more of a visual learner!!

I bought burlap for this purpose.  I wanted to replace the flag I had out for Easter.  I did look up a tutorial and found this awesome one. I was going to bust out the sewing machine but after looking through the tutorial decided to go with the hot glue gun! Here we go!
Supplies:

Burlap

Hot glue gun

Freezer paper
Exacto knife

Paint and brush

Decoration of your choice
Iron

Started by using my Easter flag to measure adding oh about an inch on the sides for a hem.  Then per the tutorial I measured about 4 inches extra on the top.  The burlap is doubled  so the extra 4 inches is only one the top layer. Hope that makes sense!

Using the iron, I ironed the hem so it would be as straight as possible.

Then hot glued the hem down. This is the bottom of the flag, since the burlap is doubled there's no need for a hem. I folded in the corner then glued.

This is the bottom of the flag, one side glued.

This is the top of the flag, one side glued.

Then I took a piece of freezer paper and typed out "Welcome" and traced it onto the paper directly from my computer screen.  Then with an exacto knife cut out the letters.

All done.  *Tip* make sure and keep the insides of the 'e' and 'o'!

Or else it might look funny!!!

Then iron the stencil onto the burlap with a dry hot iron. 

Paint away!  Are you surprised I used pink?  Let dry and then add any decoration you want or make another stencil!  The possiblites are endless!  I had leftover bunting from making my arrangement for my front door so that's what I used!

I glued it on at the edge, making a loop so it would kinda look like it was tied on with a bow.

Tadah!!!  We'll see how long it lasts in the Oklahoma wind!!

Oh and I'll be spraying it with a sealer!

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Have a Happy Day!