Prayer flag template

And I always, always have some flying somewhere! What better than to use leftover bits and pieces of burlap from our DIY wedding for our youngest daughter, along with vintage crochet bits and bobs, and some of my antique buttons, and add in my own ink jet printed quotations from famous people about love and make a prayer flag garland?

I flew this prayer flag garland from my lofted entry way railings and filled up the hearts and souls of all who entered our home with a bounty of loving good wishes!

We needed lots and lots of good wishes with almost all of the wedding being home made, grown, and crafted and somehow it all came together and was absolutely wonderful! And to have this garland as a symbol of making time for myself and my sewing during such a busy time is a lovely reminder of caring for myself, our home, and our family, no matter how busy things get!

And considering I also designed and sewed her wedding dress with 16 gored panels to create a tea length dress with a complicated one directional nap out of burnt silk..

And once, the wedding was over, the indoors garland has already been made, and I still had a LOT of burlap to use and re-use, what do you do with all of that? Well, I made 6 really big burlap bags with pockets and cut off pieces of wood for buttons, I made a lot of Christmas stockings, and Using leftover burlap pieces, I made triangular shaped pennants with randomly cut out letters and spelling out and bringing joy to a frosty outdoors landscape this last winter, when below freezing temperatures added a delightful frost to leftover wisteria vines and froze my little bunting shaped flags solid!

It brought back the joy of that family wedding and spread good cheer even in the darker, colder days of winter. I made and donated 25 small format art quilts this past year of , to the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative AAQI inspite of the wedding, the travel, and all of the people I was so busy taking care of and praying for!!! And it all felt wonderful but oh, What a Year! And for those in need, whether in real life or for Internet blogging friends, I also made prayer flags like these, above for Mark and MaryLou Weidman, prounounced wide-man as Mark battled advanced brain cancer.

So, I held my love for this dear man, that I have never met, but that I now know so very much about, in my heart. And I kept that love flowing as positive energy in the background of my conscious awareness. Sending those prayers and positive affirmations to Mark, to Mary Lou, and to their loving family who surrounded him, every single day. Mark did pass and he passed with a beloved daughter and granddaughter sleeping on the floor of his room by him and his so loved wife, Mary and one of his brothers close by.

I wept when I learned of their loss, but I was so grateful that they were able to have him, for as long as they did. In , there were multiple natural disasters such as tornadoes and hurricanes there was the man-made horrors of the bombing of the Boston Marathon, and then their was the outpouring of love and prayers and best wishes for its victims. Museum of Art: Boston So, for all those who suffer, all those who have lost loved ones, I created my first little flag for Boston and all those who were so hurt by the horrific events on the day of the Boston Marathon.

The center little prayer flag But the quilted flag, itself, shares all of that ragged and uncertainty of life made into one unified whole We then strung the flags from tree to tree for all the messages of hope and commitment and peace and diplomacy to waft on the breeze and spread to all the surrounding countryside.

After the rally we took them back to the studio where they now hang the length of the building and from wall to wall. They illuminate the studio still with their drawings, scribbles and words—all serving as clear and continuous messages of hope. And I guess they worked! We continue to ponder the prayer flag, birthday flag, wish flag, hope flag as a design that is full of amazing possibilities—each one full of sentiment and love and hope and each one full of ideas for more ideas!

So, whether you are a master seamstress or someone who has never before held a needle and thread, you can whip up a prayer flag to suit your own needs and creative desires. Make it detailed with embroidery and buttons and all the bells and whistles, or make it simple with plain cloth and thread and pen. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Kenny, and her four children.

Find her on Facebook and read more of her work at Slowfamilyliving. What a great idea! And seems pretty simple to do also. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Tibetan Prayer Flags: an inspiring craft for kids. At Home. June 10, Take a Trip ». Top Categories. This website uses cookies to improve your experience and some information is being collected. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Accept Read More. Close Privacy Overview This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website.

Reply 11 years ago on Introduction. Which is very weird, because in Buddhism, there is no, for lack of a better word, physical Heaven. But as for prayers drifitng upwards to heaven, no.

Reply 10 years ago on Introduction. The idea is that your prayers drift through the wind to reach all sentient beings Reply 7 years ago on Introduction. It's actually just blessings, prayers are just the translation to the closest western word. It's like when people drop pennies to spread luck, it's designed to bring good-ness to those to which the wind blows them :.

Well, I haven't heard about hanging the left side higher than the right, but then again I'm not really an expert. Keep in mind though that prayer flag traditions vary greatly from region to region. If you wanted to have more authentic prayer flags you could carve the negative image of the design into a block of wood or rubber and then stamp the image onto sheets of colored cloth, traditionally black ink is used but I have also seen gold ink used and it looked amazing!

Or does anyone know if they already sell rubber stamps to decorate prayer flags with?