Pottery Barn Knock Off

I posted about the pirate flag I made for Levi's room last summer. I wanted to give more details on how I made the flag. It was super easy and inexpensive to make. I didn't take pictures along the way but you can tell from the pictures how to make it.

At Target I purchased a plain white shower curtain for around $10. The size of the flag at Pottery Barn is 40 x 44. I cut my flag 42 x 46 to allow the 2 inch seam on all the sides. This was my first time sewing and I think I did a pretty good job.

The dowels and finials are from Lowes. I paid around $1.50 for both the dowels and finials. I think the cashier somehow rang everything up wrong. I did go back in Lowes after checking my receipt and they told me not worry about it. Clear conscience here! My husband screwed them together in several places so they would hold the weight of the curtain and hang correctly on the wall. Then Matt painted the dowels with some leftover brown paint.

I scoured the garage for any rope that we had and my wonderful husband did have a stash that worked perfectly. I cut my pieces to the length where I wanted my flag to hang and tied them on.

The letter "L" could be embroidered on if you have the ability to do that but I didn't. I bought white iron on fabric from Walmart and printed out my letter. I carefully cut it out and then ironed it on the flag. I did the same thing for the skull. That is printed on another sheet of iron on fabric and ironed on to black felt. You could also purchase t-shirt transfer sheets that are clear but those are about $13 a pack. That's more than I wanted to spend. The fabric was $5. I had a Walmart gift card so I used that for the iron on fabric and felt.

So total cost for me was about $12. Pottery Barn's version is $100. I don't think the flag is available anymore though. Even without my gift card it would have cost me around $20 for this flag which still beats $100!!

Here's a look at my version




And this is Pottery Barn's