Hello internet friends! It's been quite a while, I didn't mean to be gone that long! I've been pretty busy over the last month and a half with family things, Easter, and the general chaos :) Today, however, is the day I put aside some time to do something. I've been working on a few projects, an old coffee table turned bench (hopefully soon an ottoman!), shirts for Liv, painting these adorable chairs I found at a 'junk' sale, and a few banners. Today I'm going to share the adorable family banner I made, you'll also get a sneak peak at those cute little chairs and the bench!
This genius idea of a banner came to me just this morning! I have a thing for burlap and lace. And together, boy can they make something totally adorable!
You too can make this adorable 'Family' banner, or really a banner with any saying on it!
For this banner you will need:
1. Burlap. You can use it in the 6 or 4 inch rolls, I just happen to have a bolt of it, so I used that.
(Note, after I started cutting this out, I think using the 6 inch rolls would be WAY easier!
2. Freezer paper. This will be your stencil. You can use a Cricut to cut out the letters or you can print on it and then use an X-Acto knife to cut out the letters.
3. Ivory lace (or any color you'd like)
4. Ivory Ribbon (or any color you'd like)
5. White paint
6. Foam stenciling brush
7. Straight pins
8. All purpose thread to match
9. Sewing machine, or just an old fashioned needle :)
10. Iron and ironing board
11. Something to paint the letters on, butcher paper works!
First I cut the triangle using my Cricut to use as my template. Then I cut the triangles out of the burlap. If you're using burlap from a bolt be really careful not to let it fray, it's a little easier to keep under control with the smaller rolls!
Next I cut out my letters on freezer paper with my Cricut. Then I cut the letters apart (don't forget the middle of the 'a'!
Lay out all of your triangles and iron them to get out any wrinkles. I grabbed my lace to make sure when I was placing the letters that I made sure there was room between them and the lace. Make sure to also keep in mind any wide letters you have, such as m's! I had to re-do my 'f' and 'a' to bump them up a little bit. Good news is I didn't have to re-cut them, just move them and then iron them down again.
Iron the freezer paper letters to the burlap.
Next comes the painting. After you have ironed on all of the letters, put something down under where you will paint the letters.
You'll want to be careful and NOT move the letters while you're painting them, otherwise you'll end up with paint all over the back, and it may bleed through to the front.
Carefully paint all of the letters with your sponge brush. I used enough paint that I only needed to do one layer.
Let the letters dry. Peel off the freezer paper and viola! You now have letters on your burlap!
My next step was to sew the lace to the burlap and also sew around all edges.
Pin the lace to your pennant pieces of burlap. and sew around all of the edges. Do this for all of your lettered pennants.
The next step really could have been done wile I was sewing around all of the edges, but I was afraid of screwing it up. So really, you can do this step with the one above or do them separately :) Pin the pennant to the ribbon, make sure to space your pennants out evenly-and in the right order!-- and sew across the top.
Hang it up and enjoy it!
