Ahoy, I'm just finishing my first pirate flag. Its about 3' x4" and made of Black linen. The skull and crossed swords are of heavy weight 7 oz. white linen. I used heat bond on the white, to keep it from fraying while I was working on it and to hold it down while I whip stiched all around the edges. The flag is otherwise hand sewn. The flag is double sided. A great source for linen is the Fabrics-store.com, very good prices. I used Ilo19 black and Ilo14 Bleached for the flag.