It’s a good thing I get a lot of help and supervision. And that my supervisor, Monty, knows clean paws are important in any undertaking. He has a window seat just to the right of my desk, and here he is preparing himself to lounge while providing close oversight of my work. We've spent many …
British flag, said to have been owned by Chief Tecumseh (Tecumtha/Tekamthi/Shooting Star/Tekoomse/The One Who Passes Across Intervening Space from One Point to Another), Shawnee, 1768-1813. National Museum of the American Indian, 23/730 I decided to start with the most manageable (smallest) part of this project first: the canton. Remember that this is a small union …
Canton pieces laid out on a quilt on the living room floor. The house is too small for the entire flag! After I unpacked all of the pre- cut pieces of bunting, I separated the canton pieces and laid them out on the living floor. But perhaps an orientation is in order, though, to the …
We are making No. 5 in this plate from British Flags, Their Early History, and Their Development at Sea... by William Perrin (Cambridge University Press, 1922) The Museum of the American Revolution asked me to be part of their True Colours Flag Project and I readily agreed, happy to build on the research I’d done …
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