The Great British Music Room!
You may have seen our jazzy music room wall behind our parents in the Christmas Carol Evening blog post. When it came to decorating our music room, so called because it houses all our musical instruments including Mr. L's kazoo (!), we decided on a red, white and blue theme. Now nothing is more red, white and blue themed than the Union Jack or Union Flag (I’m never sure what we’re supposed to call it) so that seemed a good starting point. I thought the whole flag would be too much so decided on just a quarter of what would have been a HUGE flag. It’s quite tricky to draw the Union Jack and have it look right so Google came to my aid and I found out what the ratios should be. The cross of St. George is red and is one fifth the flag’s height. The white border is one fifteenth of the height. The saltires of St. Andrew and St. Patrick are intertwined, with the St. Andrew cross being one fifth the flag’s height. This is then divided into 6 and then two of the six b...