Hey sewers!
Here’s my non-traditional colored fall banner.
Using a triangle quilting ruler, I cut those triangles from solid and printed felt squares.
The felt has some kind of a finish to it that makes it have some body,
even a bit stiff, which is perfect for this banner.
The dark “blobs” on the solid triangles are embroidered lace leaves in a dark, Merlot color thread.
All the leaves fit in one hooping on my Bernina 750.
I used two layers of wash away stabilizer.
Large ric rac, is sewn across the top of the banner
and a beautiful, wide lace adorns the top of the printed triangles.
I stitched the leaves on with the button sew-on stitch on my sewing machine.
That way, I can simply clip the stitches to remove the leaves.
Since the colors of the banner are not necessarily fall oriented,
I will replace the leaves with snowflakes as winter arrives.
For the lettering, my sizzix dies and machine came in handy.
I planned to use white glitter felt for the lettering,
but the white felt blended in with the light color triangles.
Good thing I had a bunch of dark felt triangles left over.
I used the dark solid color for the letters and they stand out perfectly.
I didn’t even stitch each letter to the banner.
Since it is felt on felt, they stay up there nicely.
I will remove them when I replace the leaves with snowflakes
and the new word will be “snow”.
It’s officially “fall”, do you have your seasonal decorating started?
Happy sewing, friends.
A Notion to Sew 