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AMERICAN FLAG LAPEL PIN

Materials needed:

Seed Beads

16 blue

36 red

36 white

Safety Pins

One 1 ½" pin for top

11 - 1" pins for flag

Pin bead placement:

1 4 blue 1 red 1 white 1 red

2 4 blue 1 red 1 white 1 red

3 4 blue 1 red 1 white 1 red

4 4 blue 1 red 1 white 1 red

5 - 11 1 red 1 white 1 red 1 white 1 red 1 white 1 red 1 white

Open up a 1" pin and place the beads on the front shank of the safety pin. The head of the safety pin is

the bottom of the picture when it is hanging. The top of the picture is the round loop of the safety pin.

Remember that seed beads are naturally different sizes, so choose ones that are similar in size. This will

make the design come out more evenly. If the pin won’t close up, choose beads that are smaller in size.

After you have beaded all 11 pins for the picture take the larger pin for the top that will hold the smaller

pins together for the picture. You are going to loosen the round loop of the pin in order to string the 11

other smaller pins onto it. Take the metal nail file and slip it into this loop and pry it slightly open.

To thread your picture on, you need to hold the larger pin in your right hand with the point away from

your body. Hold the pin with the finished beads on it in your left hand with beads facing away from you.

Thread the base of the beaded pin onto the front shank of the largest, "larger" pin and force it around the

loop, forcing it onto the back shank of the large pin. Follow the pattern from right to left. When you are

finished, take your pliers and squeeze the round loop so that the pins will stay on the shank side where

the head of the safety pin is. Then you may open and close it back up without the pins falling off.

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