American Flag Union

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I posted lately one of my projects which is an American Flag in which I carved the stars out in the Union. I have had several members ask me for the layout. For some reason, I cannot load the mpc project as a attachment. I have taken a picture of the layout showing the grid and placement. My grid size is set to 1/2". One thing I do when making my flags, is I use a flag calculator to determine the size of the union then I resize the stars as one group. I usually determine the flag size to make by which size lumber I have for the stripes. You can just plug the width in and the calculator will determine every thing else. You can just google flag calculator. I always use a jig to hold the boards for the Union when carving. I bought the star pattern from the pattern store which is 004 American star. You can also do variations to the union by omitting stars and creating patterns in the middle. I use minwax color stain (Lowes) and I burn the wood prior to staining or carving.