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Buy it now!Nepalese Prayer Flags
This is a wonderful project to do with friends because it is easy, promotes growth and support and allows people to connect with one another. Organize a “Goddess Night” party and invite friends over to make prayer flags. Cloth for the flags can be cut from old sheets, T-shirts or other recycled fabrics. Encourage everyone to bring their art supplies, prayers, mantras and ideas.
Step 1
Cut fabric to desired size. Lacy cut her fabric to be 6 x 7". To create the seams for threading the flags on a rope, turn down a 1/2" along the top edge of each flag (Lacy uses one of the 6" edge). Iron to create a solid crease. Sew along the edge, leaving a 3/8" seam allowance.
Step 2
Create your designs on each flag. You can freehand draw on the flags, use stencils, iron-ons or stamps. Lacy normally silkscreens her designs, but for these she created her own stencils by drawing and cutting out designs onto recycled cardboard. The symbols that Lacy used represent a variety of religions, she says. “For example, the rainbow symbolizes God’s promise, a bridge to heaven, thankfulness, chakras, the Goddess of creation, fertility and imagination,” Within the peace sign, the dark pink color signifies gratitude, and the candle is significant of ceremony, enlightment, understanding and purity.
Step 3
If necessary, allow your designs to dry. Lacy heat-set her designs with a warm iron because she used screenprinting ink to create them. Cover dry designs with a towel and iron for about three minutes on each side.
Step 4
Cut a length of yarn or cording. Measure enough so that, once the flags have been strung onto the cord, there is enough length on each end to be able to tie to cord to a post or other object. Lacy crochets approximately three yards of hemp yarn.
Step 5
Thread the yarn or cording through the flags (a crochet hook is handy for this job), leaving about 31/2" between each flag. To stabilize the flags, you can sew the flags to the yarn or cording through the center of the top casing. Just be sure you are sewing through both the yarn or cording and flag. When finished, hang up inside or out.
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