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Frame Projects >> Crochet Flag

The Crochet Flag

This project came to us during our Armed Forces Day sale. The Flag was a gift from one family to our customer, Roni. As we talked to Roni a little about the flag, we learned it was originally given to a friend of Roni’s as a wedding/house-warming gift. The flag was crocheted by a lady named Glenny, over the span of one winter and part of the spring. When Glenny and her husband came up to Alaska, they gave it to Don & Christina. Don has since pasted away and Christina wanted the flag to go to their good friends Roni and her husband. Roni felt that the only way to truly appreciate the flag would be to frame it. Her exact words were, “ What else are you going to do with something so special, fold it up and put it in a closet? Of course you have to frame it!” We all thought that a shadow box would be best in order to show the entire beauty of the flag. We decided on a darker blue mat color and the frame is a rustic style. The Frame is a Larson & Juhl, with a medium stain and a gold inner trim. The shadow box was oversized; it measured 58½ by 40. With each picture I will explain the framing process.

The mounting of the flag: we backed the flag with white rag mat, which insures no color bleeding from the mat to the flag. The flag is hand stitched every 3/4" around the outside and every 4" in a grid on the inside.

Measure twice, cut once. Gayle & Judi prepare the sides of the shadow box. Acid & lignin free foamcore & matting are cut and adhered to each other using heavy duty double-stick tape.

Once the sides have been prepared, the glass is cleaned, and put into the frame. The mat strips are then adhered to the side of the frame. This holds the glass in place and keeps the flag from touching the glass.

Once all four sides have been adhered, the galss is
cleaned again and the flag and glass are checked for and cleared
of any debris.

Once the flag has been placed in the frame, we use removable points to hold everything in place. We then turn the shadow box over and inspect the inside once more to make sure no debris is present.
If any are present, we start this process over.

We used a little extra precaution due to the size and
wieght of the finished piece: we ran two tension wires to
keep the frame from bowing over time.

The back is finished with a Kraft Paper dust cover and 100lbs rated haning system. We also included pictures of the project, a description of the framing, and a Flag Family Tree so the history of this flag may be traced easily.

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