Flags at Competition

[Phyrxes]

Originally Posted by Alex2614

As our team is growing in numbers, finances, and success, we have started looking into some more "professional" and "cooler" things to do at competitions, such as pit displays, mascots, etc.

One thing I am having trouble with is the flags that the emcees wave when announcing teams. In the past, we just had our t-shirt screen printer print our logo on a piece of cloth and tied it to a pole. But I always see very nice flags at every competition, and I'm just wondering where people get these made and how much they normally cost. We are in north-central West Virginia, so we don't have a lot of big-city amenities unless we travel all the way up to Pittsburgh, so we were hoping to find a place online or nearby that would make a nice, professional-quality, and exciting flag.

Thanks!

For finding a local establishment for making a flag or any other type of team apparel I would suggest asking your local high school's activities departments who they use for Jerseys and such items, chances are if there is a local shop they know about and can steer you towards who to talk to at those shops.

The embroidery shop down the street from our school has done our flag, polo shirts, hats, and does heat fused vinyl numbers onto bumper fabric (its the same thing they use for athletic jerseys).

Good Luck

[wendymom]

Our team flag was made by the Flag Goddess of one of our schools Marching Bands. (her son was on Bacon)

If you have a color guard at your school, they may be able to make your flag or tell you where you can get one made.

[Qbot2640]

We made ours by projecting our logo onto the wall and tracing it, then cutting it out of a piece of fabric. A fellow teacher at my school is a very skilled quilter (look around...you'll have one too), so she sewed it onto the background piece.

Whole process took less than a week and cost us about $30 in materials. I used a push-broom handle from Lowe's as the pole.