1 First of all, check the snaps.


2 Using the Rectangle tool, make a long rectangle.

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3 Hold down the Shift and Alt keys, drag the rectangle vertically down and change the colour.

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4 Choose both the white and red rectangles. Hold the Shift and Alt keys down and drag down below the first two rectangles. They should snap into alignment. Press Control+D to duplicate several times. Then grab the red rectangle down below the last white rectangle and set it into place so that our flag ends with a red stripe.

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5 In the upper left corner, form a green rectangle.

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6 Make a 5 point star filled with white. Use the Scale tool to reduce the size. Alt+drag to place a star at the end. With the Blend tool duplicate the star 8 times.

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7 Use Alt+drag down to duplicate. Press Control+D three more times.
Turn off snap. Choose all the stars and use the arrow tool to adjust placement.
At this point, group the flag pieces.

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8 Apply an Envelope Mesh with the rows and columns set to four.

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9 Choose Direct Selection tool. Pick a couple rows of points and hold the Shift key down and drag up.

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10 Do the same on the opposite side.

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11 Choose the very last row and drag down once more. Pick the last two rows, use the scale tool and set scale to 90%.

12 Finally, give the flag a Drop Shadow set at 39% Opacity, an X and Y value of 7 pt, and a Blur value of 0. Set to Colour and black.

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