Article: Choose a piece of fabric in the base color of the flag you wish to make. If you're making an American flag, for example, you can stick with plain white. To make a large flag, try to use a piece of fabric measuring 5 foot (1.5m) by 3 foot (0.9m). If you want a smaller flag, a smaller piece of fabric (or even a pillowcase) will do. It doesn't matter what type of fabric these pieces are, they can be nylon or cotton like the flag, or they can be felt, silk, polyester, velour - whatever you can find around the house! Pieces of old clothing, or old tablecloths are perfect for this. For a DIY flag, the flag handle can be made from whatever you choose - it could be a tree branch or an old broom pole - as long as it's strong enough and long enough to hold your flag.
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Get a piece of nylon or cotton fabric. Find other pieces of fabric in the colors you need for your flag. Choose a flag handle.
Article: Count from the end of the rickrack until you get to 12 loops on the top edge of the rickrack. Then, cut the rickrack through the next loop. Wide rickrack works best for making a brooch. Choose rickrack that is about the width of your thumb. Use a pair of sharp fabric scissors to cut the rickrack. You can thread a needle and sew through the openings in the brooch pin, or use hot glue to attach the brooch pin to the felt base. Press the flower onto the felt circle and hold it there for about 15 seconds if you are using hot glue. Place the pin near the top of the circle. Sewing it in the middle will cause the brooch to sag when you are wearing it. Be careful not to get hot glue on your skin as it will burn you.
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Cut your desired length of rickrack. Sew or glue the felt circle onto a brooch pin.
Article: A phrase is a collection of words that can't stand on its own and doesn't have both a subject and a verb. For instance, prepositional phrases, which begin with prepositions such as under, over, to, for, with, and through, often act as adverbs in sentences. For example, look at this sentence: "They ate the apples at the table." "At the table" describes where they ate the apples, making it an adverb phrase. Adverbs come in three basic degrees, positive, comparative, and superlative. The positive adverb is your basic adverb used to describe one thing or one group of things. A comparative adverb compares two things or groups, and the superlative establishes that one thing or group is better than several other sets of groups or things. To clarify, many adverbs can be expressed in degrees, such as "fast," "faster," "fastest." You could say, "She runs fast," which is the positive case. "She runs faster than my sister," is the comparative because it's comparing two things. "She runs the fastest in her class," is superlative because you're establishing it's the best out of many things. Position is also important in adverbs. Adverbs that connect sentences to other sentences are found at the beginning of sentences, such as "however." Adverbs that modify certain parts of the sentence often go in the middle, such as "only," which can change the meaning of the sentence if moved. Adverbs that modify manner, place, or frequency can sometimes be found at the end of the sentence. For instance, "afterwards" often comes at the beginning of the sentence because it connects it to the previous sentence: "We played games all afternoon. Afterwards, we ate ice cream." "Only" can move around in the sentence depending on what you want it to modify. For example, "They only ate pie in the afternoon," has a different meaning than, "They ate pie only in the afternoon." In the first sentence, they didn't eat anything else but pie in the afternoon. In the second sentence, they consumed pie just in the afternoon, rather than other times of day. Other adverbs end up at the end of the sentence: "He picked the bowtie that suited him best." "Best" is the adverb in this sentence, describing how it suited him. Sometimes, an adverb used with a verb is repetitive, and it makes your writing feel clunky. The verb often is enough to describe what is going on without adding extra words. For example, take this sentence: "She exclaimed excitedly." "Exclaimed" already implies excitement. Adding "excitedly" is redundant.
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Keep in mind that adverbs can also be phrases. Pay attention to the degrees of adverbs. Pay attention to position. Cut out redundant adverbs.