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Sew Your Own American Flag

By Debbie Colgrove, About.com Guide

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The Stripes

American Flag Seam Details

American Flag Seam Details

Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com

Assembly:

  • Set up your sewing machine with red thread and white thread (one in the bobbin and one as the top thread).
  • Starting with a red strip, join the 34.5" long strips alternating red and white. Set aside.
  • Join the 60" strips starting with a white strip and ending with a red strip, set aside.
  • Go back to the 34/5" long stripes. On the top seam trim away the white seam allowance, on the next seam trim away the red and continue alternating until trim all the finished seams. Turn under the wider seam allowance and stitch it down to create flat felled seams. You will need to change the white and red thread combination on your sewing machine. Full Directions For Flat Felled Seams
  • On the 60" long stripes, trim the white seam allowance on the first seam and alternate the same way you did with the 34.5" stripes. Finish the seams the same way.
  • Set the stripe sections aside.

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