FLAG ON A STICK BLOG HOP

Hello my loyal subjects blog readers.  Welcome to the Flag On A Stick Blog Hop.  We've been waving our flags high.  At some point I thought about waving a white flag saying I surrender!  I was stumped for ideas for quite some time.

I had an idea that involved the Quilting Queen logo and a crown but that didn't blossom for lots of varying factors.  It is however still on my radar and I will show you that as it develops.

My first breakthrough was this flag.  I took it literally as a "flag on a stick".  I saw this on a site on Pinterest and changed it up a bit.  It had to have at least a snippet of fabric on it.

Do you recognize a snippet of the photo from this TOP SECRET BLOG POST ?

However cute it is, it just wasn't really what I had in mind for the hop.  My flag needed to go on this flag pole.  (I did design the twig flag so that it would hang on here.  That's why the flag looks like it's flying sideways.  That's really how I designed it to hang, really, I promise!) I was so pleased to be a part of this hop and be one of the lucky recipients of a flag pole.

  Thank you very much FLAG OUTLET for making this day possible. I set out to make something to go with that.  When I received my flagpole, it wasn't a horse at all.  It was a cute little hummingbird.  I looked at the packing slip.  It said horse.   Oops someone in shipping got a little mixed up.  No worries.  I'm still going to hang my flag on it.

I'd love to show you my flag on the hummingbird pole but once again, my plans got changed.  Do you know how hard it is to have your stuff in Texas when you're in Missouri or have your stuff in Missouri and you're in Texas.  They aren't exactly close together!  I was suppose to go to Missouri right after spring break and only be here 1 week, go home until April 9th and then go back to Missouri for William's golf match.   This blog post would be way too long if I told you the "rest of that story"!  Needless to say, I'm still in Nevada, MO and will be for a day or two more, and you guessed it.  The flag pole is in Texas.  Drats!!!  I thought about trying to photo shop my flag on the pole and maybe no one would be the wiser but hmmm... I thought again and I'm afraid all of you would be quite the wiser.  I don't think I'm that good at photo shop.  So how about a picture of the hummingbird flag pole and another picture of the flag.

So here's the cute hummingbird flagpole.

And here's the flag.  A Texas style flag has to be in the cactus garden, even if it's a metal cactus and that metal cactus is in Missouri!  

And remember the other two pictures from the TOP SECRET BLOG POST?  Yep, they're snippets from these pictures.  If you guessed they were 2 different projects, you were right.  

This was my first attempt to make a burlap rose.  I consulted my good friend Pinterest and found several tutorials there.  They were all basically the same.  It was really pretty easy and didn't take long at all to create this burlap rose.  And I only burned my finger once on the hot glue!

I used two of dad's bandanas and a scrap of muslin to make the state of Texas and appliqued it to the burlap.  Of course, R is for Rice.  I really wanted to put a Q there but the King probably wouldn't have approved!

And a piping trim from the bandanas to the top casing.

Now how about waving your flag high for our awesome leader Mdm Samm at Sew We Quilt and our fantastic cheerleader Thearica at Pigtales and Quilts.  Not one single part of this blog hop would be possible without them. 

Have you made your wish list yet?  Oh, believe me, you WILL want to do that!  This is what Mdm Samm has to say about the wish list:

"Flags On A Stick is getting together with Sew We Quilt to offer all those who are entering the blog hop an exclusive chance to Win Your Wish List!

What do I have to do? Simply create an account at Flags On A Stick (https://www.flagsonastick.com/login.php?action=create_account). As you browse around the store, select the “Add To Wishlist” option on the product page to start compiling your selections and name your wish list "Flag Hop".

What do I win? The winner will get to choose their favorite flags from their wish list

 (a value up to $50). that is 4-5 flags depending on your choices!

Who will be picked as the winner?  Whoever wins the Flag On A Stick blog hop as picked by Sew We Quilt will be the winner. Please note that in order to win you must have an account and wish list created at flagsonastick.com. The prize cannot be transferred or received as a cash reward.

Good Luck to everyone who enters! We are excited to see your amazing creations!"

You will also want to leave me a comment and tell me about your flag if you have one.  I'm giving away a Spring garden flag to one lucky reader.  It's open to anyone, I'll ship it internationally too.  And increase your odds of winning by joining my site, following me on Facebook, and following me on Twitter.  Just be sure to leave me a separate comment and let me know you're following me.  Make sure you're not a no reply blogger.  I can't give it away if I don't know how to contact you.

And wave your flag on over to the rest of the flag makers for today and tomorrow and see how high their flags are flying.  

April 2nd

Thimblemouse & Spouse

Stitchin' By The Lake

Just One More Stitch

The Quilting Queen Online (You're in the Queen's Palace right now)

Selina quilts

Whims And Fancies



April 3rd

DachsiesWithMoxie

Pigtales and Quilts

Just Keep Swimming

The House on the Side of the Hill

Texas Quilting Gal

Madame Samm