flagmaker

Born in 1970, Constant is a self-taught flagmaker whose artistry is rooted in her skills as a seamstress and the beading techniques that she learned from her mother as a child.

Gina Athena Ulysse: Constant: Haiti's Fiercest Flag Bearer Gina Athena Ulysse 2011

Backstory: The making of the first standard of the United States is popularly attributed to Betsy Ross, a professional flagmaker who has become a national folk hero.

Boing Boing 2009

Born in 1970, Constant is a self-taught flagmaker whose artistry is rooted in her skills as a seamstress and the beading techniques that she learned from her mother as a child.

Gina Athena Ulysse: Constant: Haiti's Fiercest Flag Bearer Gina Athena Ulysse 2011

But while we know that by 1777 Ross worked as a flagmaker for the revolutionary government of Pennsylvania, the archival record does not support the notion of just one maker of the Continental flag.

Marla Miller's 'Besty Ross and the Making of America,' review by Marjoleine Kars 2010

The 1,500-square-foot flag was ordered from a Chinese company after an American flagmaker begged off, citing union objections to making the flag.

Happy 200th birthday, Jefferson Davis, from the state of Florida Sinfonian 2008

On that tree is not only the flagmaker Ross, but also George Ross, who signed the Declaration of Independence.

He Follows the Flag Polls 2006

Annin & Co., the nation's oldest and largest flagmaker, says sales are hovering at 25 to 35 percent above normal.

Periscope 2007

It took Maryland flagmaker Mary Pickersgill, and her young assistants, weeks to sew short strips of wool bunting into the 42-foot 12.8m flag that would become known as the star-spangled banner.

BBC News - Home 2011

Here was Whistler the flagmaker, which vexed me, but it mattered not.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1664 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

Here was Whistler the flagmaker, which vexed me, but it mattered not.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 26: January/February 1663-64 Samuel Pepys 1668