Fast & Fun
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Friends of ours have a little girl who’ll be having her first birthday in February. I’m feeling very party-ish these days, but alas, I’m in no position to throw a party myself (hm…there is the first episode of the new LOST season coming up…I may take that back.) I’ve volunteered to help plan and set up for Robyn’s special day. I want to contribute something handmade, but with a little one to watch over, this project has to be something easy and interruptible. I decided to make a pennant banner. It’s the perfect project for me right now: it uses fabric (I have a ton of that!) and it can easily be worked on in stages (good for those days when I have only 20 minutes here and there).
Pennant banners are all over the place – you can find loads of how-tos all over the internet. I’ve been surprised at how easy this has been to work on so far. It’s a great project for using small-ish pieces of fabric and even smaller bits for the letters.
I used Heat N Bond, an iron-on adhesive I bought at Joann’s, to affix the fabric letters to the pennant triangles. Then I had to Jenn Maruska it up with embroidered outlines. I used a simple back stitch.
I think that makes the letters stand out better.
Above: before
Below: after
(Hmmm.. whose little feet are casting a shadow on my work table?)
Now I’ve just got to hunt down the right ribbon or bias tape to string the pennants together.
I’ll post a photo when it’s finished.
Here’s an even simpler banner tutorial over at the Purl Bee.
Party on!
Jenn : )
