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.