Back Pack Pin
Flag Pattern

You need:

• 11 Safety Pins, Size 3
• Red, White & Blue "E" Beads
• 4MM Gold or Silver Beads
• Metal Nail File
• Needle-nose pliers

Instructions:

Each row is a size 3 pin with E beads strung and 4mm beads strung on it. Open pins and string beads following the pattern provided. Start at the top with Row 1 and work down. Use pliers to squeeze the pin head closed permanently.

Use point of metal nail file to bend open the loop at base of large size 2 pin.

Thread base of beaded pin onto front shank of large pin, force around loop and onto back shank of large pin. Follow pattern, from left to right.

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