Bundesliga Best: Round 13 from BL 2.

My Bundesliga pick of the weekend goes to BL.2 supporters from FC Union Berlin. Not that elaborate in terms of display, but scarves up was the theme for their match vs. St. Pauli. Club and/or city anthem playing, people singing along, SCARVES UP!

2011 Two-stick flags

So for the 2011 season, I made some two-sticks but not as many as I had wanted. 





Also during the season, some other supporters picked up on the addiction. (photos courtesy of Massive Report
 
  
 

Visually speaking...............

So after some thinking, I have the itch once again to get into designing scarves for the Nordecke and well, fellow Columbus supporters overall. The ultimate goal is to provide a way for supporters to obtain affordable scarves to display in visual support for Columbus, while also showing pride at home, away, work or school, and any other place in the world. This project will take time, money and dedicated efforts but with true faith, anything is possible.

Bundesliga Best on Matchday 10

This past weekend in the Bundesliga was status quo in terms of  excitement thanks to full stadia and supporter culture both home and away.  My pick, and maybe it is the angle of the photo, but I liked the action from VfB Stuttgart (and no this isn't just because I follow them in the Bundesliga!). The away support at Nurnberg depicts everything one could ever want in a match. Good show for the support of the team!

German Pick of the Weekend

As I have mentioned earlier in this blog, The German Bundesliga has been an inspiration to me in terms of numbers of home and away supporters. Also, the vocal and visual support is something to behold in person, I can imagine. Each week I go to various web sites (mainly stadionwelt-fans.de) and choose a personal favorite visual from any of the German leagues. This past weekend, my pick from the weekend action in Germany goes to VfL Bochum's supporters Bundesliga 2 week 11. Big overhead banner celebrating 100 years of the club playing at the same place, Castroper Strasse.

Stepping it up with flags

Today I've completed the painting of my second large flag. I feel excited about this not only because of the concept of the flag's design, but also because of my discovery of the extension pole. This pole is meant for painting at tall heights but I decided to take a chance and see how it would work as a flag pole. Before this, I would use ten-foot tall pvc pipes for my tall flags. Now I have an extension pole that goes up to 12 foot tall! 

It's also adjustable in height. The twist grip (as pictured) locks the upper part in place at whatever height.

Fusible thread is a lifeline!

After several years of toiling at uniting to lengths of fabric together, I discovered something called fusible thread. Before finding this, I used to either use fusible tape that I would have to iron together and then sew to reinforce the bond of the two fabrics. But the tape leaves a somewhat visible line on some displays. Another way that took a long time was putting pins to temporarily attach the fabric and then sew it. But now fusible thread will be the answer. It works like the fusible tape in that an iron is required, but it is thread form and it looks much better since it doesn't leave a line. This will save me a good amount of labor especially when it comes time for me to do longer banners and hopefully large overheads.