Flags of the States
(U.S. States)
designed by Margo Mead
Level: Beginner
Click on the link for the state you are interested in. It will show only a picture, no bead counts. It was too time-consuming to try to do bead counts for each one!
Special Note: These were made to give only a suggestion of the real flag; naturally, it was too difficult to design the full effect of some of the flags. Each flag pattern is turned on its side, clockwise, as if it were hanging down from the part you would put against the flagpole.
These patterns are best done with mini pony beads (4x7mm) and clear plastic lacing.
If you do them with regular-size pony beads (6x9mm), they will probably need reinforcing to keep their shape. Do this either by running a separate string or cord (whatever you are using as the string), through the middle two or three beads of each row, weaving in the usual manner. See the Gingerbread Man instructions for better directions on how to reinforce.
Another idea for reinforcing is to use small straws, string the beads on the straws, cut off the excess, and then weave the string through the straws as you normally would through the beads.
Ideas for How to Use These Flag Patterns:
Make a necklace with regular pony beads by starting at the bottom of the pattern. When you get to the top, use the extra cord to make a necklace!
Or you could make a wallhanging by doing these like the patterns in the Sunbeads book by Suzanne McNeill Design Originals. (There is a straw at the top, 1 folded-in-half string is strung through each column of beads, and the loop of the string is hooked over the straw.) See these Jack-O-Lantern directions for another way to make a wall hanging using a pencil.
Make one to go along with a state report you're doing for school!
A
Alabama 4 |
C
2 |
D
1 |
F
1 |
G
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H
1 |
I 2 |
K
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L
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M
Maryland 5 |
N | O |
P | R | S |
T
1 |
U
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V
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W |